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Luther  G.  Bunker 


A  Chronology 


of 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY 


and 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 

Waterville,  Maine 


1771-1908 


DESIGNED  FOR  A  BOOK  OF  REFERENCE 

Compiled  and  Edited  by 

CLEMENT  M.  GIVEEN 

1908 


MAINE   FARMER   PRESS 

AUGUSTA.    MAINE 


In  Grateful  Acknowledgment  of  Official  Faithfulness 

this  Book  is  Dedicated  to  the  Memory  of 

ABIJAH  SMITH 

Born  1773  -  Died  1841 

Town  Clerk  twenty-nine  years 


Copyright,  1908 

by 

Clembnt  M.  Givebn 


Preface 


In  the  preparation  of  this  chronology  of  municipal  history  and 
the  gathering  together  of  political  statisticst  the  writer  has  re- 
ceived the  most  hearty  co-operation  from  a  host  of  friends,  for 
which  he  extends  his  thanks. 

The  writer  is  especially  grateful  for  the  courtesies  extended 
to  him  by  Town-clerk  Eugene  W.  Allen  of  Winslow,  and  City-clerks 
John  E.  Nelson  and  Fred  W.  Clair  of  Waterville.  Mr.  Joseph 
Alexander,  chief  clerk  at  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state,  the 
librarian  at  the  State  library,  Harvard  University  and  the  Bos- 
ton Public  Library  also  gave  valuable  assistance,  while  everyone 
connected  with  our  home  library  has  done  everything  within  their 
power  to  assist  the  writer  at  all  times.  Their  courteous  treatment 
has  been  a  source  of  pleasure  and  contributed  much  toward  mak- 
ing the  compilation  of  this  volume  a  delightful  toil. 


Introductory  Chapter 


August  eleventh,  1693,  all  the  chiefs  of  the  eastern  Indian 
tribes  signed  an  agreement  whereby  "That  their  Majesties'  sub- 
jects, the  English,  shall  and  may  peaceably  and  quietly  enter,  repair, 
improve,  and  forever  enjoy  all  and  singular  their  rights  of  lands, 
and  former  settlements  and  possessions  within  the  eastern  parts  of 
the  said  province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  without  any  pretensions 
or  claims  by  us,  or  any  other  Indians,  and  be  in  no  wise  molested, 
interrupted  or  disturbed  therein."  The  agreement  was  signed  at 
Fort  William  Henry  in  Pemaquid  "in  the  fifth  year  of  the  reign 
of  our  Sovereign  Lord  and  Lady,  William  and  Mary,  by  the 
Grace  of  God,  of  England,  Scotland,  France,  and  Ireland,  King 
and  Queen,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  etc.,  1693."  Those  who  signed 
the  "submission"  were  chiefs  "of  all  the  Indians  belonging  to  the 
several  rivers  of  Penobscote  and  Kennebeck,  Amaroscogin  and 
Saco."  The  representative  of  the  Canabas  tribe  was  Wenobson 
who  signed  "Wenobson  of  Teconnet  in  behalf  of  Moxus." 

Two  years  previous  to  the  signing  of  this  document  the  char- 
ter of  William  and  Mary  included  Maine  in  the  territory  over 
which  royal  governors  were  appointed,  but  the  horrors  of  Indian 
warfare  prevented  migration  to  the  province  of  Maine,  to  any 
points  beyond  those  fortified  or  where  settlers  had  gathered  in 
sufficient  numbers  to  make  a  defense  against  attack.  After  the 
meeting  of  the  chiefs  and  representatives  of  the  crown  at  Fort 
William  Henry,  a  movement  was  made  to  settle  beyond  the  dan- 
ger limits,  but  the  treaty  of  peace  was  not  observed  and  those  who 
had  attempted  to  build  their  homes  in  new  territories  were  com- 
pelled to  return  to  the  settlements  again  for  the  protection  and 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

safety  of  their  families.  In  the  years  immediately  following  this 
conference  of  the  Maine  Indians,  battles  between  the  savages  and 
whites  were  desperately  fought.  It  appears  that  the  English  were 
almost  if  not  as  much  to  blame  for  the  violations  of  agreement, 
as  the  Indians  themselves  and  perhaps  more  so  when  the  fact  is 
taken  into  consideration  that  it  was  the  English  who  were  en- 
croaching upon  the  territory  over  which  the  Indians  had  for  years 
and  years  held  complete  domain.  Scarcely  had  the  treaty  been 
made  when  Bomaseen,  a  powerful  chief  of  the  Kennebecks,  ap- 
peared at  Pemaquid  with  a  flag  of  truce  for  consultation  or  other 
purpose.  He  was  recognized  by  the  officers  of  the  fort  and  ar- 
rested on  the  charge  that  he  had  been  concerned  in  the  destruction 
of  Dover,  NT.  H.  He  was  sent  to  Boston  as  a  spy  and  sentenced 
to  imprisonment  for  five  years.  The  Kennebeck  Indians,  enraged 
at  this,  renewed  their  warfare  with  all  the  hatred  and  cunning  of 
their  race  and  shared  in  the  destruction  of  Fort  William  Henry, 
the  special  object  of  their  wrath,  in  1696,  and  would  not  listen 
to  any  terms  of  peace  until  the  release  and  restoration  of  their 
chief  to  the  home  of  his  people  were  included  in  the  agreement. 
Arrangements  were  made  for  the  cessation  of  hostilities  in  1699, 
and  the  fierce  old  warrior  returned  to  his  people  at  Norridgewock. 

The  apparent  peace  that  followed  the  retirement  of  the 
Indians  to  their  northern  homes  did  not  have  the  effect  to  promote 
the  advance  of  civilization,  and  neither  white  nor  Indian  was 
inclined  to  trust  the  other  beyond  easy  reach  of  gun  or  tomahawk. 
Skirmishes  and  wars  continued.  Queen  Anne's  War  in  the  early 
part  of  the  century  brought  ruin  and  death  to  many  families,  and 
a  long  period  of  hostilities  followed.  Father  Sebastian  Bale,  a 
Catholic  priest,  a  native  of  France  and  finely  educated,  who  had 
assumed  dominion  over  the  Indian  mission  at  Norridgewock  in 
1693,  and  had  devoted  himself  to  the  work,  was  killed  by  an 
expedition  led  by  Captain  Harmon  from  Fort  Richmond  in  1724. 
Brunswick  had  been  burned  in  1722,  and  numerous  settlements 
had  been  destroyed,  many  settlers  and  their  families  had  been 

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killed  so  that  the  whites  were  compelled  to  seek  safety,  and  the 
Indians  discouraged  and  broken  in  spirit  fled  to  Canada.  It  is 
said  that  as  late  as  1749  only  two  families  of  white  people  were 
left  above  Merrymeeting  Bay,  and  the  French  and  Indians  were 
again  in  complete  control  of  the  northern  country. 

It  would  have  been  too  hazardous  an  undertaking  at  this 
time  to  have  attempted  to  settle  near  the  "falls"  which  offered  so 
many  natural  advantages,  without  a  sufficient  force  of  armed 
men,  that  would  have  been  too  difficult  to  have  maintained,  so 
while  towns  and  villages  were  springing  into  life  on  the  coast  and 
near  the  larger  towns  in  interior  New  England,  the  site  on  which 
Waterville  stands  today,  the  gem  city  of  the  Kennebec,  was  occu- 
pied only  by  the  Indian  who  camped  on  the  banks  of  the  beauti- 
ful stream,  catching  the  salmon  from  its  depths  and  occupying 
himself  as  necessity  required  or  the  exigencies  of  winter  demanded. 

The  stillness  of  the  forest  was  only  disturbed  by  the  occasional 
twang  of  the  bow  as  some  Indian  hunter's  arrow  felled  a  deer  or 
moose  to  provide  meat  for  himself  and  squaw,  or  snapping  of  the 
twigs  in  the  underbrush,  as  perhaps  some  trapper  wended  his 
way  toward  the  carry  by  the  "falls,"  or  by  the  rush  of  a  frightened 
animal  as  it  sought  safety  from  harm  among  the  virgin  timber, 
or  by  the  rustle  of  the  wings  of  the  birds  as  they  flew  unmolested 
from  tree  to  tree,  enjoying  the  full  happiness  which  Nature 
bestows. 

Many  of  the  pioneers  of  the  sixteenth  and  seventeenth  cen- 
turies came  across  the  ocean  to  find  a  northwest  passage  to  the 
Indies,  and  others  came  to  find  gold.  John  Winthrop,  when  he 
selected  the  site  for  the  city  of  Boston,  selected  it  simply  because 
it  had  a  spring  of  pure  water.  They  were  not  seeking  the  wealth 
of  the  orient  or  the  Occident.  They  were  seeking  a  home  with 
plenty  of  good  drinking  water,  and  where  they  might  dwell  in  peace 
and  freedom.  Until  the  shock  of  the  Revolution  awakened  them  to 
a  realization  that  they  were  Americans,  Virginians'  "home"  was 
back  in  England.     Washington  did  not  dream  that  he  was  other 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

than  an  Englishman  until  Braddock  snubbed  him  as  a  colonial. 
The  Pilgrim  and  the  Puritan,  on  the  other  hand,  were  frowned 
or  chased  out  of  the  old  land,  and  therefore,  from  the  very  begin- 
ning America  was  their  home  and  their  only  home.  Their  bridges 
were  burned  behind  them.  They  set  up  their  own  church  and 
within  half  a  dozen  years  of  the  founding  of  Boston  they  laid  the 
foundation  of  Harvard  University  in  this  savage  wilderness.  They 
had  no  illusions.  They  knew  that  they  were  Americans  or  that 
they  were  nothing.  One  hundred  years  after  the  landing  of  the 
Pilgrims  and  the  Puritans,  we  find  the  same  spirit  prevalent.  Set- 
tlers went  into  the  deep  forest,  hewed  out  a  cornfield,  suffered 
untold  hardships  and  withstood  an  ever  present  danger,  not  for  the 
value  to  be  received,  but  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  a  home 
for  themselves,  their  wives  and  their  children.  The  whole  New 
England  territory  was  settled  by  homeseekers  who  cherished  and 
held  sacred  the  spots  selected  for  their  domestic  purposes,  thus 
as  the  settler  gradually  crept  farther  and  farther  away  from 
the  older  communities  and  penetrated  the  forests  deeper  and 
advanced  farther  up  the  rivers  and  the  streams  he  went  not  as 
an  adventurer  or  an  investor.  His  sole  idea  was  his  future  happi- 
ness and  that  was  embodied  in  the  ownership  of  land  enough  to 
provide  through  culture  sufficient  provision  for  those  whom  he 
had  to  care  for. 

In  the  same  year  that  old  Chief  Wenobson  of  Teconnet  signed 
the  parchment  that  is  referred  to  in  the  beginning  of  this  chapter, 
there  was  born  at  Preston,  Sussex,  England,  a  child  that  had 
much  to  do  with  the  settlement  of  Teconnet.  This  child,  Wil- 
liam Shirley,  was  destined  to  be  the  person  who  should  first 
authorize  the  building  of  a  fort  that  commenced  the  settlement  of 
which  Waterville  is  a  part.  The  lad  was  educated  as  finely  as 
children  of  the  best  English  families  at  that  time  afforded,  and 
at  an  early  age  commenced  the  practice  of  law.  He  came  to 
Boston  in  1734,  and  was  appointed  a  Eoyal  Governor  in  1741. 
He  planned  the  successful  expedition  against  Cape  Breton  in  1745, 

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after  which  he  returned  to  England,  not  coming  to  this  country 
again  until  1753.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  French  War  he  was 
Commander-in-chief  of  all  the  British  forces  in  America. 

Seventeen  years  before  the  Pilgrims  landed  at  Plymouth, 
Mass.,  in  1620,  the  Plymouth  Company  had  been  formed  and 
chartered  by  the  King  of  England.  In  1620  a  new  company  was 
formed,  succeeding  the  old  company,  and  on  November  3,  King 
James  I  granted  the  "New  England  Charter."  The  company  in 
turn  granted  privileges,  including  that  of  the  Kennebec  Patent  in 
1629,  and  met  with  varied  misfortunes  until  discouraged  by  its 
losses  it  surrendered  its  charter  in  1635.  The  King  immediately 
appointed  his  Privy  Councillors,  Lord  Commissioners  of  all 
English  possessions  in  America.  In  1636  Lord  Proprietor  Gorges 
established  a  capital  and  Court  at  Saco,  but  never  exercised  his 
power  over  the  Kennebec  region.  In  1661  the  Kennebec  Patent 
was  conveyed  to  John  Winslow,  Artemas  Boies,  Edward  Tyng, 
and  Thomas  Brattle.  After  this  transaction  considerable  trouble 
had  occurred  and  so  many  difficulties  had  arisen  with  Gorges  and 
Commissioners  appointed  by  the  King,  that  Massachusetts  in 
1677  purchased  all  the  rights  of  Gorges  in  the  province,  and  for 
nearly  a  hundred  years  trade  was  unmolested  although  of  very 
small  proportion.  In  1749  a  new  Plymouth  Company  was  formed 
and  organized  along  lines  that  were  the  means  of  causing  the  rapid 
settlement  of  the  Kennebec  valley. 

As  appears  in  the  first  pages  of  the  chronology  of  municipal 
history  that  follows  this  introductory  chapter,  Governor  William 
Shirley  was  petitioned  by  the  new  Plymouth  Company  to  erect  a 
fort  at  Teconnet,  which  petition  he  granted  and  he  personally 
accompanied  the  expedition  that  erected  Fort  Halifax  in  1754. 

Thus  one  hundred  thirty-four  years  after  the  first  settle- 
ment in  New  England  at  Plymouth,  the  march  of  progress  and 
civilization,  reached  the  falls  of  the  Kennebec,  and  there  com- 
menced the  building  of  a  community  that  has  never  yet  allowed 
itself  to  take  a  backward  step. 

Could  we  but  look  into  the  past  beyond  the  years  allotted 

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to  the  time  of  man  and  gaze  upon  the  picture  that  presented 
itself  as  the  eight  hundred  soldiers  received  the  command  to  halt 
on  the  spot  where  the  first  structure  was  to  be  erected,  a  monu- 
ment to  might  and  power,  marking  the  passing  of  a  race  of  people 
and  the  onward  march  of  an  ever  conquering  army;  could  we 
push  aside  for  a  moment  the  clouds  that  envelop  the  past  and 
hide  its  distinctness,  and  look  upon  the  scene  as  the  ruddy  glare 
of  the  fires  penetrated  the  dark  depths  of  the  forest  and  cast  their 
bright  rays  of  light  upon  the  swift  flowing  waters  of  the  Kennebec, 
and  the  smooth  surface  of  the  Sebasticook,  perhaps,  as  we  watched 
the  soldier  and  the  mechanic  spread  their  blankets  beneath  the 
spreading  branches  of  a  monarch  of  the  forest,  we  could  see  the 
face  of  an  Indian  youth  peer  with  wonderment  expressed  on  every 
feature  as  he  carefully  brushed  aside  the  foliage  of  a  convenient 
bush  to  more  closely  examine  the  forms  and  faces  of  those  his 
fathers  had  taught  him  to  fear  and  hate.  Perhaps  we  could  see 
Inat  old  warrior  chief  with  stern  and  battle-scarred  features  stand- 
ing in  the  shadows  of  a  sturdy  pine,  his  blanket  wrapped  closely 
around  his  aging  form,  regarding  the  scene  with  the  stoicism  of 
his  race,  though  perhaps  if  we  gazed  a  little  closer  we  might  de- 
tect a  trace  of  sadness  creep  across  his  brow,  as  perhaps  for  a 
moment,  the  memory  of  his  former  greatness  is  uppermost  in  his 
thoughts.  Perhaps  he  may  have  helped  to  have  defended  Rale  at 
Norridgewock,  or  used  his  bow  with  unerring  aim  at  the  massacre 
at  Brunswick,  or  wielded  his  tomahawk  with  deadly  effect  at  some 
settler's  home  whom  he  believed  was  encroaching  upon  his  right 
by  birth.  As  we  watch  the  officers  give  their  nightly  instructions 
to  the  guard  and  watch  the  slumbering  fires  grow  dim  as  soldier 
after  soldier  falls  in  slumber  in  peaceful  thoughts  of  their  security, 
see  the  Indian  youth  glide  back  to  his  lodge,  and  watch  the  camp 
succumb  to  the  quietness  of  the  hour  with  only  the  roar  of  the 
falls  reverberating  through  the  evening  air,  we  will  withdraw  our 
grasp  on  the  veil  of  the  past  and  let  the  clouds  of  time  again  sur- 
round the  scene,  to  be  cleared  away  by  the  morning  sunlight  upon 
the  beautiful  city  of  Waterville  of  today. 

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The  completion  of  Fort  Halifax,  together  with  the  privileges 
offered  by  the  Plymouth  Company,  were  the  means  of  bringing 
many  settlers  to  the  Kennebec  region.  Farms  were  cleared,  trad- 
ing posts  established,  and  a  system  of  communication  and  trans- 
portation put  into  effect. 

With  the  coming  of  more  settlers  new  branches  of  business 
were  established,  the  farms,  increasing  in  acreage  of  cultivation 
under  the  untiring  efforts  of  their  proprietors,  were  beginning  to 
increase  their  products,  and  as  years  went  by  the  old-time  trad- 
ing posts  became  centers  of  prosperous  and  growing  communities. 

The  settlers  began  early  to  provide  for  the  educational  needs 
of  their  children,  they  contributed  as  generously  as  their  means 
would  permit  for  their  religious  instruction,  and  they  founded  the 
industrial  success  of  the  town  upon  the  solid  rock  of  hard  and 
honest  toil. 

We  have  not  in  this  section  of  Maine  a  balmy  climate  or  a 
soil  particularly  adapted  to  produce,  in  competition  with  western 
communities,  a  single  one  of  the  great  agricultural  staples,  nor 
can  we  by  delving  into  our  hills  find  stores  of  iron,  or  coal,  or 
precious  metals.  For  more  than  a  century,  however,  this  com- 
munity in  thought  and  action  has  been  profoundly  influenced  and 
benefited  by  the  high  standard  of  these  first  colonists,  and  their 
determination  that  their  children  and  their  children's  children 
after  them  should  like  them  be  men  of  education  and  intelli- 
gence. In  establishing  their  first  school  our  forefathers  were  not 
merely  providing  for  the  elementary  "K's"  of  reading,  writing  and 
arithmetic,  but  were  supplying  for  their  children  the  advance  type 
of  education  which  ever  since  has  been  afforded  by  our  public 
schools.  Of  vital  importance  to  this  community  are  our  public 
schools,  and  these  our  citizens  have  always  supported  with  great 
generosity.  For  a  long  period  in  our  history  our  public  school 
system  has  been  substantially  efficient,  and  it  is  this  as  much  as 
any  other  factor,  notwithstanding  disadvantages  in  soil,  climate, 
and  mineral  wealth,  which  has  caused  Waterville  to  prosper  so 
amazingly. 

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While  we  had  some  lumber,  little  wool,  no  coal  or  cotton,  we 
had  an  abundant  water  power,  an  advantage  which  has  counted 
for  much.  More  than  all  else,  however,  the  energies  of  our  people 
were  early  turned  in  an  industrial  direction,  inventions  have 
multiplied  here,  and  through  the  thrift  due  to  Puritan  ancestry, 
wealth  in  the  form  of  productive  capital  has  accumulated,  giving 
to  Waterville  an  industrial  importance  and  economic  efficiency 
entirely  beyond  that  attributable  to  the  mere  possession  of  peculiar 
natural  advantages.  Waterville's  educational  and  industrial  growth 
has  been  the  result  of  the  wise  government  and  good  citizenship 
of  those  who  planted  their  homes  in  the  early  days  under  the  pro- 
tecting guns  of  Fort  Halifax.  It  has  been  due  to  their  foresight 
and  care  in  founding  the  systems  of  education  and  industry  that 
we  can  point  with  pride  to  our  factories,  our  college,  our  business 
blocks,  and  our  schools. 

In  addition  to  their  zealous  care  and  careful  nursing  of  Water- 
\tille's  industrial  infancy,  and  voting  from  their  poverty  and  means 
whereby  the  future  generations  might  be  benefited  by  a  free  and 
liberal  education,  the  early  settlers  of  this  community  were  devot- 
edly patriotic  to  their  country.  No  city  in  Maine  has  a  more 
splendid  record  in  patriotism  than  Waterville.  It  was  in  New 
England  that  the  torch  of  American  liberty  was  lighted,  and  it 
was  passed  on  from  Lexington,  Concord,  and  Bunker  Hill  in 
undimmed  flame  to  Yorktown.  "Here,"  in  the  words  of  John 
Adams,  "the  Child  Independence  was  born."  Waterville  has  never 
forgotten  that  glorious  fact,  and  never  has  ceased  to  cherish  the 
noblest  traditions  of  that  dearly  bought  freedom.  Waterville  has 
welcomed  the  children  of  other  nations  within  its  borders,  and  so 
potent  has  been  her  example  of  patriotism  that  these  adopted  chil- 
dren have  learned  to  cherish  with  the  mother's  zeal  and  fervor 
the  greatest  principles  upon  which  the  American  government  was 
founded.  Nowhere  else  are  the  truths  of  the  declaration  of  inde- 
pendence taught  more  thoroughly  or  persistently  than  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Waterville,  where  the  children  of  another  nation  and 

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another  tongue  so  different  from  ours  are  soon  saturated  with  the 
spirit  of  American  patriotism. 

The  epitaph  prepared  by  Richard  Thomas  for  his  own  tomb- 
stone, which  can  now  be  seen  at  the  old  cemetery  in  Winslow, 
causes  the  reader  to  smile  at  first,  but  read  it  over  a  second  time, 
read  between  the  lines  and  you  will  read  a  lesson  in  patriotism 
that  cannot  be  excelled. 

"Here  lies  the  body  of  Richard  Thomas, 
a  whig  of  76 
By  occupation  a  cooper, 
Now  food  for  worms. 
Like  an  old  rumpuncheon 
marked,  numbered  and  shooked, 
He  will  be  raised  again 
and  finished  by  his  creator. 
He  died  Sept.  28,  1824,  aged  75. 
America,  my  adopted  country,  my  best  advice  to  you  is  this,  take 
care  of  your  liberty." 
This  was  the  spirit  of  the  early  American  settlers,  English- 
men, many  of  them  by  birth,  but  whigs  of  '76.     Defenders  of  lib- 
erty and  religious  freedom,  surrendering  the  ties  of  home  to  tight 
for  a  new  country,  the  embodiment  of  their  ideas  of  freedom  and 
happiness,  struggling  through  the  trying  days  of  its  infancy  to 
promote  its  efficiency  and  establish  its  permanency,  devoting  their 
time  in  preparing  laws  for  its  government,  and  expending  their 
means  to  provide  for  its  maintenance.     Then  like  an  old  rum- 
puncheon,  marked,  numbered,  and  shooked  and  laid  aside  they 
were  willing  to  pass  to  the  great  beyond  in  perfect  faith  of  their 
promised  reward,  happy  in  the  thoughts  of  their  achievements  and 
admonishing  those  left  behind  to  guard  well  the  liberty  for  which 
they  had  fought. and  died. 

The  territory  including  that  of  Waterville  and  Winslow  previ- 
ous to  1771,  was  known  as  Kingfield  Plantation.  The  greater  part 
of  what  is  now  Oakland  was  called  Dearborn.     In  the  chronology, 

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which  follows,  will  be  found  the  incorporation  act  of  the  town  of 
Winslow  giving  the  boundary  lines  and  other  interesting  informa- 
tion regarding  the  original  town.  Circumstances  arose,  which  are 
explained  later,  that  caused  the  first  division  of  the  town  in  1802, 
the  annexation  of  the  town  of  Dearborn  and  the  final  separation 
of  Oakland  from  Waterville. 

Many  regret  now  that  the  difficulties  of  the  earlier  days  could 
not  in  some  way  have  been  remedied,  and  are  sorry  that  the  old 
town  lines  established  by  the  General  Court  could  not  have 
remained  unchanged,  but  the  communities  were  then  widely  sep- 
arated and  those  interested  in  the  affairs  of  the  town  felt  that  they 
could  govern  themselves  more  economically  and  with  better  regard 
to  the  individual  wants  of  those  living  in  each  of  the  different  vil- 
lages if  under  separate  organizations. 

Any  history  of  Waterville  that  has  been  written  is  the  history 
of  Winslow  as  well,  up  to  the  time  of  the  division  of  the  towns, 
and  that  of  Oakland,  until  that  prosperous  and  enterprising  munic- 
ipality decided  to  adorn  itself  with  the  butterfly  wings  of  state 
and  govern  its  own  course  in  1873.  Winslow  and  Oakland  are 
now  in  so  close  touch  with  Waterville,  one  connected  by  both  steam 
and  trolley,  and  the  other  by  steam  and  three  fine  bridges,  and 
has  an  electric  road  being  constructed,  that  they  are  more  of  one 
community  now  than  at  any  time  during  the  last  century.  The 
inhabitants  are  of  the  same  character,  industrious  and  prosperous, 
all  interested  in  the  welfare  of  the  other  in  doing  their  utmost  in 
promoting  the  best  interests  of  all  three.  The  municipal  affairs  of 
Winslow  since  1802  have  been  conducted  on  the  same  general  lines 
as  those  of  Waterville.  The  town  has  been  governed  wisely  and 
well.  Its  public  men  have  been  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the 
State  and  Nation,  while  the  private  citizen  has  closely  followed 
the  business  of  the  town,  attending  to  his  own  affairs  with  the 
same  careful  oversight,  with  the  result  that  prosperity  for  all  has 
been  their  portion.  The  great  Hollingsworth  &  Whitney  Company 
paper  mills  are  located  on  the  Winslow  side  of  the  Kennebec.    The 

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mills  compose  one  of  the  largest  paper  plants  in  the  world.  The 
company  manufactures  a  fine  grade  of  manilla  wrapping  paper, 
and  also  manufactures  the  pulp  used  for  all  its  purposes.  The 
products  of  this  establishment  are  shipped  to  all  parts  of  America, 
addition  after  addition  has  been  built  and  there  has  just  been 
completed  a  monster  building  to  provide  more  space  for  the  neces- 
sary machinery  and  equipment  that  is  required  to  furnish  a  sup- 
ply sufficient  to  meet  the  demand.  The  town  of  Winslow  has 
been  very  generous  in  the  matter  of  assessment  and  taxation  of  the 
property  of  the  corporation.  A  very  friendly  feeling  exists  between 
them,  which  has  contributed  much  towards  the  prosperity  of  both. 

Oakland  has  also  continued  in  its  prosperity  since  its  separa- 
tion from  the  mother  town.  Its  various  business  establishments 
are  doing  a  good  business  and  the  Somerset  Eailway,  recently 
leased  to  the  Maine  Central  Kailroad  Company,  connects  with  the 
latter  line  at  this  point,  adding  considerable  to  the  prosperous 
condition  of  affairs.  This  is  also  the  terminus  of  the  Waterville 
and  Oakland  street  railway.  The  car  barns  and  repair  shops  are 
erected  here,  together  with  a  large  entertainment  hall,  which  adds 
both  business  and  pleasure  to  the  resources  of  the  town  and  has 
been  the  means  of  bringing  hundreds  of  pleasure  seekers  to  enjoy 
the  day  or  evening,  fishing  or  boating,  on  the  beautiful  Messalon- 
skee  Lake. 

The  incorporation  act  of  the  town  of  Waterville  was  passed 
to  be  enacted  in  the  Massachusetts  House  of  Eepresentatives  on 
July  23,  1802.  It  had  several  readings  and  was  passed  by  the  Sen- 
ate and  approved  by  Governor  Caleb  Strong  on  the  same  day. 
By  this  act  the  present  city  of  Waterville  commenced  its  munic- 
ipal career.  Commencing  on  this  day  in  June  the  little  community 
on  the  west  side  of  the  Kennebec  river  began  to  exercise  its  right 
of  self-government;  that  it  has  performed  the  duty  well  is  best 
demonstrated  by  following  the  growth  of  the  town  from  a  strug- 
gling little  collection  of  homes,  through  the  records  of  the  doings 
of  its  people  assembled  in  public  meetings  up  to  the  time  of  today. 

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This  the  editor  of  this  volume  has  attempted  to  do  in  the  chap- 
ters that  follow.  In  a  humble  and  perhaps  homely  way  he  has 
presented  extracts  from  town  and  city  records  together  with  a 
few  other  interesting  facts  concerning  municipal  affairs,  which  he 
sincerely  desires  may  be  of  interest  to  those  who  care  to  read  this 
volume. 

In  delving  into  the  records  of  the  past  to  obtain  such  infor- 
mation as  may  be  interesting  to  those  who  desire  some  knowledge 
regarding  the  historical  affairs  of  the  town,  the  writer  became 
familiar  with  those  who  had  so  much  to  do  with  its  early  history. 
He  really  made  acquaintance  with  those  old-time  gentlemen  in  a 
way  that  was  most  pleasing,  and  can  almost  picture  in  his  mind 
how  some  of  them  appeared  as  they  arose  to  address  their  fellow 
citizens  on  many  occasions  of  importance.  We  regret  that  we 
cannot  linger  for  a  while  with  a  few  of  these  old-time  pioneers 
and  tell  of  their  many  deeds  for  the  benefit  of  the  young  municipal- 
ity, but  space  will  not  allow  us  to  do  so;  we  can  scarcely  men- 
tion the  magnificent  war  and  military  record,  the  churches,  the 
excellent  public  schools  and  other  educational  institutions  of  the 
city,  neither  can  we  but  briefly  mention  the  benefits  derived  from 
our  manufacturing  industries.  We  should  like  to  have  the  time  and 
opportunity  to  collect  the  data  and  be  able  to  properly  present  all 
the  good  things  about  the  illustrious  members  of  the  pulpit,  the 
bar,  and  the  medical  profession,  past  and  present.  It  would  be 
interesting  to  compile  a  commercial  history  of  this  busy  city  and  a 
pleasure  to  record  the  events  of  a  busy  past,  to  write  of  the  busi- 
ness activity  and  integrity  of  the  business  men  of  long  ago  and 
today,  and  describe  the  benefits  received  from  their  untiring  efforts. 
But  it  is  necessary  to  draw  a  line  at  some  point  and  confine  one- 
self as  far  as  possible  to  the  subject  selected.  The  time  will  some- 
time arrive  when  someone,  the  city  government  itself  perhaps, 
will  arrange  for  a  careful  and  complete  history  of  those  things  for 
the  immediate  and  future  use  of  those  interested  in  preserving 
such  records  and  documents  as  are  commensurate  with  the  settle- 

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ment  and  growth  of  the  town  and  of  the  character  and  energy  of 
its  inhabitants. 

The  Waterville  of  today  is  a  beautiful  city,  and  inspired  by 
its  business  activity,  the  people  are  interested  in  its  growth  and 
welfare.  The  present  population  is  twelve  thousand  and  is  daily 
increasing.  It  has  numerous  houses  of  worship,  splendid  schools 
and  fine  buildings.  The  public  buildings  are  finely  equipped  and 
nicely-  located.  Its  banking  institutions  are  strong  financially,  and 
the  personnel  of  their  officers,  together  with  their  well  established 
business  principles,  inspires  confidence  in  those  who  do  business  at 
the  various  institutions.  The  public  library  and  institutions  of 
learning  speak  volumes  for  the  intellectual  progress  of  the  com- 
munity. The  city's  miles  of  streets  are  well  kept  and  all  the  latest 
modes  of  road  building  are  introduced  to  make  the  repairs  perma- 
nent. Its  sewerage  system,  water  supply,  and  fire  department 
apparatus  are  all  models  of  modern  ideas,  and  these  departments 
are  conducted  along  the  same  lines  with  the  sole  object  in  view 
of  procuiung  the  best  service  possible  for  the  amount  of  money 
annually  expended.  The  local  churches,  in  common  with  those 
throughout  the  country,  have  been  important  factors  in  the  civili- 
zation and  progress  of  the  town.  The  occupants  of  the  various 
pulpits,  from  the  time  that  that  eminent  divine,  Joshua  Cushman, 
assumed  the  duties  of  "town  minister"  of  the  town  of  Winslow  on 
June  9,  1795,  up  to  the  present  day,  have  been  men  of  ability 
and  honor.  Not  only  have  they  ably  administered  to  the  needs 
of  their  respective  parishes,  but  have  devoted  a  considerable  portion 
of  their  time  to  public  affairs.  Although  many  of  them  never 
took  an  active  part  in  the  government  of  the  town  or  city,  all 
have  been  interested  in  its  welfare  and  anxious  to  assist  in  pro- 
moting its  best  interests.  The  church  buildings  are  all  splendid 
structures  and  of  sufficient  proportions  to  accommodate  those  who 
attend  the  various  religious  services.  All  are  nicely  furnished  and 
so  conveniently  arranged  that  every  want  of  the  pastor  and  mem- 
bers is  provided  for. 

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The  admirable  school  system  and  commodious  school  build- 
ings are  the  pride  of  the  city.  Waterville  can  justly  boast  of  its 
schools.  They  have  always,  from  the  incorporation  of  the  town 
up  to  today,  been  an  object  of  special  care  upon  the  part  of  every 
one.  Every  man,  nearly,  who  has  been  prominent  in  public  affairs 
has  been  specially  prominent  in  the  government  of  the  schools. 
The  members  of  the  various  committees  who  have  had  the  super- 
vision of  this  important  municipal  department,  from  the  time  that 
the  old  district  system  was  in  vogue,  have  been  chosen  from  among 
those  who  were  considered  the  best  citizens.  The  superintendents 
have  been  men  of  education  and  character,  and  the  teachers  have 
been  carefully  selected  and  have  performed  their  duties  diligently 
and  well. 

Colby  College,  originating  with  the  appointment  of  a  committee 
by  the  Bowdoinham  Baptist  Association  in  1810,  has  been  a  promi- 
nent educational  institution.  Included  in  the  list  of  presidents 
who  have  supervised  the  government  of  the  college  and  among 
the  professors  are  the  names  of  some  of  the  most  eminent  educa- 
tors of  the  country. 

Instruction  was  commenced  in  a  house  standing  where  the 
Elmwood  Hotel  is  now  situated,  on  July  6,  1818,  and  since 
that  time  the  college  has  continued  to  fulfil  its  mission  of  edu- 
cating the  youth.  The  college  has  had  the  experience  of  nearly 
all  similar  institutions  in  having  suffered  from  the  disadvantage 
of  organizing  under  adverse  financial  conditions,  which  have  been 
overcome  only  by  persistent  effort  upon  the  part  of  faithful  offi- 
cials and  generous  support  of  friends.  The  town  and  citizens  have 
been  especially  liberal  and  loyal  to  an  extraordinary  degree  in 
their  support. 

Another  educational  institution  which  has  been  beneficial  to 
the  town  is  the  Coburn  Classical  Institute,  founded  in  1829  as 
the  Waterville  Academy.  Its  career  has  been  highly  successful  and 
a  credit  to  its  officers.  This  institution  has  also  derived  great 
benefit  from  the  exceptional  ability  of  its  instructors  and  the  untir- 

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ing  efforts  of  its  friends  to  maintain  its  efficiency.  From  1865 
to  1901  the  Institute  was  under  the  control  of  the  trustees  of  the 
college  although  virtually  its  management  has  been  in  the  hands  of 
the  principals.  Since  1901  by  an  act  of  the  legislature  incorporat- 
ing the  Trustees  of  Coburn  Classical  Institute  the  control  of  the 
school  has  been  under  a  separate  corporation.  In  1883  the  name 
was  changed  from  Waterville  Classical  Institute  to  Coburn  Classical 
Institute  in  consideration  of  the  gift  of  Governor  Abner  Coburn  of 
the  beautiful  and  elaborate  building  which  it  now  occupies. 

The  school  has  shared  with  the  college  in  making  Waterville 
noted  as  a  center  of  education  and  culture.  To  this  is  due,  in 
no  small  measure,  the  attractiveness  which  the  city  presents  to 
those  seeking  a  place  of  residence. 

The  manufacturing  industries  of  Waterville  are  all  prosperous 
and  working  to  the  full  extent  of  their  capacity.  The  largest 
industry  is  the  Lockwood  Company,  a  brief  description  of  which 
will  be  found  in  the  chronology.  The  Maine  Central  Railroad 
shops,  located  in  the  north  end  of  the  city,  employ  a  large  number 
of  men  who  are  mostly  skilled  mechanics,  most  of  whom  are  now 
permanently  located  here  and  constitute  a  part  of  the  city's  best 
citizens.  The  mechanical  industry  by  no  means  entirely  represents 
the  railroad  industry  in  this  city.  The  great  freight  yard  and 
large  freight  house  and  transfer  shed,  the  round  house  and  passen- 
ger station  in  which  is  located  the  office  of  the  assistant  superin- 
tendent of  the  Portland  division,  employ  more  than  a  hundred 
men;  in  addition  to  this  there  are  many  engineers,  firemen  and 
brakemen  that  make  the  town  their  headquarters  while  many  others 
make  their  residence  here.  Waterville  is  so  situated  that  it  is  a 
junction  of  four  lines  of  railway,  one  coming  from  Portland  by 
the  way  of  Brunswick  and  Augusta,  another  one  comes  from  Port- 
land by  the  way  of  Lewiston  and  Cumberland  Junction,  the  main 
line  from  the  Provinces  through  Bangor  and  Northern  Maine 
Junction,  connecting  with  the  Bangor  &  Aroostook  railroad  at  the 
latter  point,  and  what  is  familiarly  called  the  Skowhegan  branch. 

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In  the  busiest  season  over  one  hundred  passenger  and  regular 
freight  trains  either  originate  here  or  pass  through  the  station  each 
day.  Many  hundreds  of  passengers  are  transferred  each  week, 
thousands  of  tons  of  freight  is  handled  daily  either  in  full  cars 
or  their  loads  assorted  and  reloaded  at  the  freight  sheds.  In  addi- 
tion to  the  regular  service  numerous  special  freight  trains  are 
required  to  keep  the  traffic  moving,  all  of  which  contributes  toward 
making  Waterville  the  most  important  railroad  center  in  Maine, 
Portland  alone  excepted.  The  Hollingsworth  &  Whitney  Company 
mills  in  Winslow  are  largely  operated  by  employees  living  on 
this  side  of  the  river.  The  Hathaway  Shirt  Factory,  established 
in  1849,  the  Noyes  Stove  Company,  where  stoves  have  been  manu- 
factured since  1873,  the  Terry  Manufacturing  Company's  large 
woolen  mills  erected  in  1900,  the  Waterville  Iron  Works,  and  the 
Sawyer  Publishing  Company,  all  contribute  towards  Waterville's 
industrial  success  and  assure  its  future  growth.  Numerous 
smaller  business  concerns  and  many  tradesmen  also  add  to  its 
prosperity.  The  Waterville  and  Fairfield  Eailway  and  Light  Co., 
the  New  England  Telegraph  &  Telephone  Company,  the  Messa- 
lonskee  Electric  Company,  the  Union  Gas  &  Electric  Company,  the 
Standard  Oil  Company,  the  Wiscasset,  Waterville  &  Farmington 
Railroad  Company  with  its  terminus  at  Winslow,  the  Horace  Pur- 
inton  Co.,  and  Proctor  &  Bowie  contracting  firms,  the  Central 
Maine  Fair  Association,  and  the  up-to-date  plant  of  the  Waterville 
Sentinel  Publishing  Company  are  large  factors  in  our  ever  increas- 
ing prosperity.  The  splendid  department  stores  of  C.  J.  Clukey, 
L.  H.  Soper  Company,  and  the  Wardwell-Emery  Company  are 
models  of  progressive  business  institutions,  while  the  many  and 
many  other  excellent  business  firms  including  the  reliable  and  well- 
known  hardware  houses  of  W.  B.  Arnold  &  Co.,  and  Hanson,  Web- 
ber &  Dunham,  are  all  doing  a  large  business  and  enjoying  to  the 
fullest  extent  an  era  of  business  prosperity. 

Although   we   have    diverged   too   much    already   from    our 
intended  line  of  work,  we  cannot  pass  over  this  brief  summary  of 

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the  business  history  of  the  city  without  mentioning  the  very  impor- 
tant part  that  the  professional  men  have  taken  in  making  this 
community  what  it  is.  Lawyer,  doctor  and  divine  have  all  been 
influential  in  the  government  and  settlement  of  the  town,  they 
have  labored  hard  in  addition  to  the  multitudinous  duties  of  their 
professions  to  advance  the  most  progressive  ideas  of  good  govern- 
ment and  have  always  been  ready  to  protect  its  institutions  when- 
ever occasion  might  demand. 

The  physicians,  educated  and  skilled  in  their  profession  have 
vied  with  the  industry  and  ability  of  the  lawyers  to  be  the  first  to 
advance  some  idea  that  would  prove  of  lasting  benefit  to  the  city 
they  called  their  home.  The  town  and  city  in  turn  have  been 
generous  to  the  doctors  and  lawyers.  The  townsmen  have  through 
their  right  of  suffrage  elected  them  to  become  aldermen,  mayors, 
representatives  to  the  legislature,  voted  for  them  when  they  wanted 
to  be  Governor,  stood  behind  them  in  political  battles,  called  on 
them  when  they  were  sick  or  in  dispute  with  their  neighbors  and 
paid  for  the  privilege  of  getting  the  tangles  straightened  out.  So 
many  have  been  ill,  and  so  many  quarrels  have  arisen  that  the 
medical  and  legal  men  have  grown  prosperous  with  the  merchant 
who  feeds  and  clothes  the  multitude. 

Old  Dr.  John  McKechnie  or  Dr.  Obadiah  Williams,  or  Dr. 
Moses  Appleton,  physicians  of  the  old  school,  all  three  of  whom 
settled  here  previous  to  1800,  would  be  surprised  if  not  a  little 
alarmed  if  they  could  come  on  earth  again  and  watch  our  present 
day  surgeons  perform  an  operation  for  appendicitis,  or  hear 
students  of  medicine  discuss  clinical  microscopy  and  bacteriology. 
An  anesthetic  was  unknown  in  those  days,  yet  when  we  read  of 
the  skillful  feats  of  surgery  those  wonderful  men  performed,  and 
the  knowledge  of  human  anatomy  which  they  attained,  we  do  not 
wonder  so  much  at  the  tremendous  strides  of  progress  the  science 
of  medicine  has  made. 

Eeuben  Kidder  and  Timothy  Boutelle  would  be  puzzled  for  a 
moment  at  the  present  court  methods,  but  in  a  battle  of  wits  these 

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old  time  attorneys,  after  they  mastered  a  few  of  the  new  legal 
dodges,  would  be  able  to  give  a  good  account  of  themselves.  The 
legal  fraternity  of  Waterville  has  been  an  especially  brilliant  body 
of  men  and  from  the  days  of  Euss  Freeman  to  the  present  time, 
all  have  been  noted  for  their  ability  and  energy.  Many  have  been 
prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  city  and  state  while  others  have  been 
content  to  reap  the  rewards  of  an  industrious  practice  of  their 
chosen  profession. 

The  physicians  located  in  the  city  today,  old  and  young,  are 
gentlemen  of  first  rank  and  devoted  students  of  the  modern  sub- 
jects of  medicine  which  tend  towards  the  betterment  of  the  human 
race.  Many  have  become  skilled  in  surgery,  and  some  have 
attained  a  high  place  in  the  ranks  of  their  profession,  and  all  are 
active  and  useful  citizens. 

The  voters  of  Waterville  have  maintained  a  live  interest  in 
the  affairs  of  the  municipality.  Their  political  differences  have 
been  many  and  varied  and  at  times  very  bitter,  yet  in  spite  of  all 
this  the  occasions  have  been  rare  when  good  and  reliable  men  have 
not  been  elected  to  fill  the  various  offices  of  the  town  and  city.  On 
the  whole  the  affairs  of  government  have  been  carefully  adminis- 
tered. The  indebtedness  of  the  city  is  largely  due  to  the  presence 
of  many  modern  improvements  and  appliances  which  are  not  found 
in  many  cities  of  much  larger  valuation  and  population.  The  story 
of  the  development  of  the  town  is  interesting,  the  growth  has  not 
been  rapid  but  steady,  its  people  have  been  content  to  avoid  those 
population  spasms  called  "booms,"  yet  have  been  quick  to  take 
advantage  of  any  opportunity  that  would  or  might  result  in  the 
location  of  reliable  business  enterprises  within  its  limits.  The 
municipal  government  and  business  affairs  have  grown  up  together, 
and  the  splendid  business  success  of  its  business  men  has  been 
reflected  by  an  almost  similar  success  in  the  wise  and  careful  man- 
agement of  the  affairs  of  the  body  politic.  In  the  earlier  days 
when  money  was  scarce,  the  difficulties  presented  were  much  more 
numerous  than  now  to  maintain  an  efficient  form  of  government, 

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The  officers  elected,  however,  performed  the  duties  required  of 
them  in  a  faithful  manner,  and  took  an  unlimited  pride  in  pro- 
ducing the  best  results  possible  from  what  they  had  to  do  with. 

During  the  trying  days  of  the  Civil  War  the  affairs  of  the 
town  were  carefully  looked  after,  vast  sums  of  money  for  those 
days  were  appropriated  to  assist  in  maintaining  the  army  of  the 
North  in  the  field.  In  the  depressing  days  that  followed  the  great 
war,  Waterville  continued  to  carefully  attend  to  its  affairs  and  since 
that  time  those  chosen  to  govern  affairs  have  been  selected  from 
the  citizens  who  were  deemed  best  fitted  to  fill  the  important  posi- 
tions in  the  town  and  city  government.  In  nearly  every  case  they 
have  filled  their  offices  very  acceptably  and  have  endeavored  to 
promote  and  advance  those  ideas  that  appealed  to  them  as  being 
of  the  greatest  amount  of  benefit  for  the  largest  number  of  people. 
Party  lines  at  times  have  been  very  closely  drawn,  and  in  a  few 
instances  the  city  may  have  suffered  some  through  those  influ- 
ences, yet  on  the  whole,  the  benefits  of  having  two  political  parties 
dividing  the  voters  of  the  city  in  nearly  two  equal  parts  has  had 
the  tendency  of  obliging  both  parties  to  nominate  their  very  best 
men  for  the  various  offices  so  as  to  increase  their  opportunity  of 
winning  an  election.  In  this  way,  perhaps,  the  evil  influences  of 
bitter  municipal  party  politics  may  have  been  overcome  by  the 
added  ability  of  those  elected  to  fill  the  positions.  In  all  events, 
no  public  scandal  of  any  magnitude  has  marred  the  political  hori- 
zon. Party  strife  has  been  responsible  for  many  hard  words,  accu- 
sations and  complaints,  but  these  generally  only  cover  a  period  of 
a  week  or  two  previous  to  election,  and  the  incidents  close  with 
the  polls  on  election  day. 

Differences  of  opinion  dividing  the  populace  so  closely  have 
arisen  which  have  not  been  settled  until  the  courts  have  given 
their  decision,  the  actions  of  the  judges,  however,  have  been  gra- 
ciously accepted,  and  the  good  fellowship  between  man  and  man, 
and  neighbor  and  neighbor  has  not  been  seriously  affected. 

While  it  may  be  a  matter  of  opinion  whether  or  not  strict 

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party  politics  is  a  detriment  to  the  government  of  the  city,  the  fact 
remains  the  same  that  the  voters  enjoy  the  annual  political  battles. 
Between  two  and  three  thousand  votes  are  thrown  at  each  mayor- 
alty election,  but  in  many  instances  the  majority  one  way  or  the 
other  has  been  less  than  fifty,  and  once  only  ten. 

Our  political  battles  have  brought  many  of  our  citizens  into 
prominence.  A  successful  termination  of  a  political  contest  in  the 
last  few  years  together  with  a  successful  administration  of  affairs 
coupled  with  business  ability  and  a  good  character  have  nominated 
two  of  our  best  known  citizens  as  candidates  for  the  highest  honor 
in  the  State,  that  of  Governor. 

In  1908  another  citizen  was  very  prominently  mentioned  as  a 
candidate  for  the  office,  but  failed  of  the  nomination,  not  because 
of  any  inability  to  successfully  perform  the  duties  required,  or 
that  his  party  loyalty  was  in  the  least  questioned,  but  rather  from 
the  fact  that  circumstances  arose  that  occasioned  the  use  of  those 
things  in  the  campaign,  that  tended  toward  a  condition,  that  the 
Waterville  gentleman  did  not  care  to  assume.  The  methods  he 
pursued  and  the  management  of  his  campaign  were  such  that  if  he 
had  received  the  nomination  and  won  the  election,  the  dignity  of 
the  high  office  over  which  he  would  have  been  called  to  preside, 
would  not  have  been  lowered  through  any  acts  of  his. 

"Waterville,  enjoying  the  emoluments  of  business  success, 
happy  in  its  prosperity,  its  political  ambitions  attained,  and  proud 
of  its  past,  let  us  consign  its  future  to  that  hand  of  destiny  that 
has  brought  us  safely  across  the  bridge  of  time  and  leaves  us  stand- 
ing in  the  glorious  sunlight  of  a  splendid  and  brilliant  present. 


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Waterville 

In  a  compilation  of  political  statistics  and  events,  which  are 
more  the  history  of  the  town  than  of  the  individual,  the  writer  will 
not  be  expected  to  record  events  other  than  those  that  bear  directly 
upon  his  subject.  To  elaborate  upon  the  oratorical  abilities  of  old 
Assiminasqua,  the  chief  of  the  ancient  Taconnets,  to  present  a 
review  of  the  expedition  of  John  Cabot  to  the  mouth  of  the  Kenne- 
bec in  1497,  or  that  of  Captain  George  Weymouth  in  1605,  would 
be  diverging  from  the  object  of  this  book.  The  history  of  land 
titles,  the  Indians,  the  Popham  colony,  the  sufferings,  hardships 
and  pleasures  of  the  early  inhabitants,  and  all  those  things  that 
make  the  early  history  of  this  region  exceedingly  interesting,  must 
be  left  to  others.  Let  it  suffice  if  we  commence  when  the  town 
began,  and  chronicle  the  more  important  events  that  had  to  do 
with  the  municipality  itself. 

The  birthday  of  Waterville  commenced  when  that  husky  sol- 
dier of  the  King  first  swung  his  axe  into  the  tree  that  was  first  to 
fall  in  the  clearing  upon  which  Fort  Halifax  was  built.  When 
that  monarch  of  the  forest  fell,  crashing  its  way  to  the  ground, 
crushing  the  small  growth  in  its  path,  the  echo  of  its  crash  that 
mingled  with  the  roar  of  the  falls  of  the  Kennebec  was  the  cere- 
mony that  inaugurated  the  commencement  of  the  work  that  has 
culminated  in  the  beautiful  homes  and  public  buildings  of  this 
beautiful  city.  In  this  age  of  cables,  trains  and  telegraph,  it  is 
difficult  to  conceive  how  isolated  from  the  outer  world  was  this 
young  colony  at  Fort  Halifax  in  1754.  In  looking  at  this  noble 
city,  as  it  is  today,  splendidly  built,  superbly  decorated  with 
nature's  most  beautiful  handiwork,  it  seems  incredible  that,  only 

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one  hundred  and  fifty  years  ago,  it  was  a  poor  little  settlement  con- 
tinually threatened  with  destruction  by  the  Indians. 

Governor  William  Shirley,  appointed  Governor  of  Massachu- 
setts, by  the  King  of  England  under  the  second  charter,  assumed 
the  duties  of  his  office  on  August  7,  1753.  Shortly  after,  the 
Plymouth  Company,  who  had  obtained  the  rights  of  the  original 
owners  of  the  lands  on  the  Kennebec  River,  wishing  to  protect 
their  interests,  petitioned  Governor  Shirley  for  the  erection  of  a 
fort  at  Teconnet  Falls.  Fearing  invasion  from  the  French  and 
Indians  they  pressed  their  claims,  with  the  result  that  Governor 
Shirley  consented  to  build  a  fort  at  Teconnet,  provided  that  the 
Plymouth  Colony  would  erect  a  fort  and  a  storehouse  at  Cushnoc 
(Augusta)  that  could  be  properly  defended.  The  Plymouth  Com- 
pany accepted  this  proposition. 

On  June  21,  1754,  under  the  direction  of  the  General  Court, 
eight  hundred  soldiers  under  command  of  General  John  Winslow, 
and  accompanied  by  Governor  Shirley,  set  sail,  in  the  frigate  Massa- 
chusetts, for  Falmouth. 

The  Indians  opposed  the  building  of  a  fort,  but  their  protests 
were  disregarded  and  they  signed  a  treaty  on  July  2,  permitting 
the  work  to  begin.  General  Winslow  and  his  eight  hundred  men 
started  immediately  for  their  destination.  Governor  Shirley 
remained  at  Falmouth  but  later  inspected  the  fort  and  buildings, 
expressed  his  gratification,  and  commended  General  Winslow  and 
his  men.  The  fort,  consisting  of  five  buildings  and  a  stockade 
eight  hundred  feet  long,  was  erected  under  the  direction  of  Captain 
Isaac  Illsley  of  Falmouth.  After  its  completion  Captain  William 
Lithgow  was  placed  in  command  with  a  garrison  of  eighty  men.  A 
whale  boat  express  was  arranged,  running  from  Fort  Halifax  to 
Falmouth.  The  boat  traveled  down  the  Kennebec  Eiver  to  Merry- 
meeting  Bay,  then  up  the  Androscoggin  and  overland  to  the  New 
Meadows  River,  thence  by  Casco  Bay  to  Falmouth. 

After  the  Peace  of  Paris  in  1763,  ending  the  French  and 
Indian  war,  Fort  Halifax  was  dismantled.     During  its  occupancy 

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there  had  been  considerable  suffering;  several  soldiers  were  killed 
by  the  Indians,  a  few  taken  into  captivity,  and  quite  a  number 
died  from  disease.  Colonel  Lithgow  was  the  only  commanding 
officer  the  fort  had,  and  after  the  garrison  was  discharged  he 
remained  at  the  fort  house  and  engaged  in  trade  for  several  years. 
In  1760  he  was  appointed  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for 
Lincoln  County;  he  later  removed  to  Georgetown  where  he  died 
in  1798.  There  appears  to  be  no  authentic  record  of  the  very 
earliest  settlers  after  the  erection  of  Fort  Halifax,  but  it  is  known 
that  one  of  the  very  first  to  settle  in  the  town  was  Ensign  Ezekiel 
Pattee.  He  lived  at  the  fort  for  a  number  of  years  and  engaged 
in  trade  there.  He  was  one  of  the  very  foremost  in  securing  the 
incorporation  of  the  town  of  Winslow.  He  held  every  office  that 
the  citizens  of  the  town  could  give  to  him.  He  was  a  representative 
to  the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts  in  1783  and  1784  and  in 
1786  and  1787.  In  the  first  twenty-five  years  after  Winslow 
became  a  town  he  was  elected  moderator  at  the  annual  town  meet- 
ings eleven  times;  he  was  town  clerk  seventeen  years,  and  town 
treasurer  twenty-two  years.  That  he  attended  to  the  business 
intrusted  to  him  in  a  satisfactory  manner  is  shown  by  his  many 
re-elections.  The  early  records  of  the  town  of  "Winslow  are  in  his 
handwriting. 

The  number  of  towns  in  Maine  in  1764  was  twenty-five,  and 
the  population  of  the  District  of  Maine  is  given  as  24,020.  The 
territory  embracing  the  towns  of  Winslow  and  Waterville  was 
called  Kingfield.  In  1766  the  Plymouth  Company  granted  certain 
rights  to  individuals  that  were  the  means  of  bringing  many  settlers 
to  Fort  Halifax.  The  Indian  wars  being  over,  the  settlers  had  no 
fear  of  further  disturbances,  and  many  settled  on  the  west  side 
of  the  river.  In  1771  we  find  two  communities,  one  on  the  east 
side  of  the  river  and  the  other  on  the  west  side ;  they  have  grown 
rapidly  during  the  five  years  previous  to  1771.  In  the  chronolgy 
of  events  of  a  political  nature  commencing  with  the  year  1771, 
which  follows  this  introductory  chapter,  the  reader  will  find  the 
events  of  the  last  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  years  recorded  as 

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carefully  as  is  possible.  The  records  of  the  towns,  city  and  state 
have  been  diligently  searched,  and  every  figure  and  date  verified 
as  far  as  it  was  possible  to  do  so.  The  history  of  Winslow  from 
1771  until  the  division  of  the  town  in  1802  is  part  of  the  history 
of  Waterville.  In  the  chapter  following  the  chronology  will  be 
found  complete  and  carefully  prepared  lists  of  all  town  and  city 
officers  from  the  first  election  on  May  23,  1771,  up  to  the  present 
time. 

1771 

The  town  of  Winslow  was  incorporated  April  26,  1771,  and 
named  in  honor  of  General  John  Winslow.  General  Winslow  was 
born  in  Plymouth,  Mass.,  May  27,  1702.  He  commanded  the 
forces  that  built  Fort  Halifax  in  1754.  He  was  the  principal  ac- 
tor in  the  conquest  of  Acadia,  carried  out  by  New  England 
troops  under  his  lead.  He  reduced  the  country  and  captured  the 
forts.  Obeying  orders  from  England,  supposed  to  have  originated 
through  the  policy  of  Governor  Shirley,  he  caused  the  expulsion 
of  the  Acadians  from  their  homes.  The  terrible  scenes  attending 
the  removal  of  these  inoffensive  people  are  dark  stains  upon  the 
conduct  of  the  English  during  the  war  with  France.  In  1756 
Winslow  was  commander-in-chief  at  Fort  William  Henry,  Lake 
George,  and  a  major-general  in  an  expedition  against  Canada  in 
1758-59.  In  1762  he  was  appointed  presiding  Judge  of  the  Court 
of  Common  Pleas  of  Plymouth,  Mass.  He  died  in  Hingham, 
Mass.,  April  17,  1774. 


ACT  OF  INCORPORATION 

An  act  for  incorporating  a  certain  tract  of  land  in  the  Coun- 
ty of  Lincoln,  into  a  town  by  the  name  of  Winslow. 

Whereas  the  inhabitants  of  a  certain  tract  of  land  lying  on 
the  east  and  west  side  of  the  Kennebec  Eiver,  in  the  County  of  Lin- 

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coin,  are  desirous  of  enjoying  the  privileges  that  will  arise  to  them 
by  being  incorporated  into  a  town. 

Be  it  therefore  enacted  by  the  Governor,  Council,  and  House  of 
Representatives, 

(Sect.  1.)  That  the  tract  of  land  aforesaid,  butted  and 
bounded  as  follows:  viz.,  beginning  on  the  east  side  of  Kennebec 
River,  at  a  hemlock  tree  standing  on  the  bank  of  said  river,  and 
one  rod  west-north  west  of  a  large  rock,  and  two  miles  and  half  a 
mile,  on  a  north-east  course,  from  Fort  Halifax, — and  from  said 
tree,  to  run,  east-south-east,  five  miles,  to  a  beech  tree,  marked; 
thence,  to  run,  south-south-west  five  miles  and  one  hundred  and 
seventy-eight  poles ;  thence,  west-north-west,  to  the  northeast  corner 
of  the  town  of  Vassalborough ;  thence,  on  the  northerly  line  of  said 
town,  west-north-west,  five  miles,  to  Kennebeck  River;  thence,  to 
run  across  said  river,  the  same  course,  to  the  end  of  five  miles  on 
the  west  side  of  said  river, — butting,  thus  far  on  the  same  northerly 
line  of  the  said  town  of  Vassalborough ;  thence,  northerly,  on  such  a 
course,  so  far  as  to  meet  the  west  end  of  a  line  running,  from  the 
hemlock-tree  above  mentioned,  west-north-west,  five  miles  from 
Kennebeck  River,  thence  to  run,  east-north-east,  on  the  last  men- 
tioned line,  five  miles,  to  said  Kennebeck  River ;  thence,  across  said 
river,  to  the  hemlock  tree  aforesaid,  the  first  mentioned  bounds, — 
be  and  hereby  is  erected  into  a  town  by  the  name  of  Winslow ;  and 
that  the  inhabitants  thereof  be  and  hereby  are  invested  with  all 
the  powers,  privileges  and  immunities  which  the  inhabitants  of 
any  of  the  towns  within  this  province,  respectively  do,  or  by  law 
ought  to  enjoy. 

And  be  it  further  enacted, 

(Sect.  2.)  That  James  Howard  Esq.,  be,  and  hereby  is, 
empowered  to  issue  his  warrant,  directed  to  some  principal  inhabi- 
tant in  said  town,  requiring  him  to  notify  and  warn  the  inhabi- 
tants thereof,  qualified  by  law  to  vote  in  town  affairs,  to  meet  at 

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such  time  and  place  as  shall  therein  be  set  forth,  to  choose  all 
such  officers  as  shall  be  necessary  to  manage  the  affairs  of  the  said 
town. 

And  be  it  further  enacted, 

(Sect.  3.)  That  the  freeholders  of  the  said  town  shall  be, 
and  hereby  are,  empowered,  at  their  said  first  meeting,  to  bring  in 
their  votes  for  a  choice  of  register  of  deeds,  for  the  county  of  Lin- 
coln, also  for  a  treasurer  for  said  county,  qualified  according  to 
law;  and  the  votes  for  such  register  and  treasurer  shall,  at  the 
same  time,  by  a  constable  (who  may  be  chosen  and  sworn),  be 
sealed  up  and  by  him  returned  unto  the  court  of  general  sessions 
of  the  peace  to  be  holden  in  June  next,  at  Pownalborough,  for  the 
said  county  in  like  manner  as  is  provided  by  law  in  like  cases  for 
other  towns  within  this  province;  which  court  is  hereby  author- 
ized and  required  to  receive  the  said  votes;  which,  with  the  votes 
of  the  other  towns  of  said  county,  shall  be  opened,  sorted  and 
counted  as  the  law  directs  for  determining  the  choice  of  such  reg- 
ister and  treasurer;  and  such  shall  be,  to  all  intents  and  purposes, 
valid  and  effectual  in  law. 

And  be  it  further  enacted, 

(Sect.  4.)  That  if  by  reason  of  sickness,  or  any  other  means, 
the  said  James  Howard  Esq.  shall  be  prevented  from  performing 
the  business,  or  any  part  thereof,  to  which  he  is  appointed  by 
this  act,  then  in  that  case  William  Cushing  Esq.  shall  be  and 
hereby  is  empowered  to  transact  the  whole  or  any  part  of  such 
business,  as  fully  and  effectually  as  the  said  James  Howard  Esq. 
is,  by  the  second  clause  of  this  act  empowered  to  transact  the  same. 

Passed  and  Published  April  26,  1771. 


By  the  authority  of  the  act  of  incorporation,  provided  for  in 
section  two,  the  first  town  meeting  was  held  at  Fort  Halifax,  May 
23,  1771.     The  following  officers  were  elected: 

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Moderator:  Timothy  Heald. 

Clerk  and  Treasurer:  Ezekiel  Pattee. 

Selectmen:  Ezekiel  Pattee, 

Timothy  Heald, 
John  Tozer. 

Wardens:  Kobert  Crosby, 

John  Peter  Cool, 
Nathaniel  Carter. 

Surveyors  of  Highways:  Joel  Crosby, 

John  Ayer. 

Fence  Viewer:  Jonah  Crosby. 

WARRANT  FOR  TOWN  MEETING  HELD  AT  FORT  HALIFAX, 
SEPT.  17,  1771 

Lincoln  ss. 

1771 

To  the  Constable  of  the  Town  of  Winslow: 
Greeting. 

In  His  Majesty's  Name  you  are  hereby  required,  forthwith,  to 
notify  and  warn  all  the  Freeholders  and  other  Inhabitants,  quali- 
fied by  law  to  vote  in  Town  Meetings,  to  meet  at  Port  Halifax 
on  Tuesday  the  seventeenth  day  of  September  next,  at  one  of  the 
clock  in  the  afternoon  to  act  on  the  following  articles : 
1st.     To  choose  a  Moderator. 

2nd.     To  draw  out  a  Suitable  Person  to  serve  on  the  Petit 
Jury  at  the  next  Inferiour  Court  to  be  held  at 
Pownalborough. 
3rd.     To  vote  for  a  County  Treasurer. 
4th.     To  raise  money  for  the  Town's  Use. 
5th.     To  see  if  the  Town  will  vote  to  Clear  the  Banks  of 
the   river   in   this   Town   for   the   Advantage   of 
Boating. 

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6th.  To  see  if  the  Town  will  vote  to  hire  some  preaching 
this  present  or  the  ensuing  year  and  how  much. 

7th.  To  see  if  the  Town  will  vote  that  the  Meetings  shall 
be  warned  by  posting  up  a  Notification  at  Proper 
places  for  the  future. 

And  hereof  fail  not. 

And  make  Due  Return  of  this  Warrant  with  your  doings 
hereon. 

Given  under  our  hands  and  Seal  this  First  day  of  August 
A.  D.  1771  and  in  the  Eleventh  Year  of  His  Majesty's  Reign. 

Timothy  Heald, 
Ezekiel  Pattee. 

The  record  of  the  meeting  reads  that  forty  pounds  was  raised 
for  the  town's  use,  and  that  meetings  for  the  ensuing  year  shall 
be  warned  by  posting  up  notifications  at  proper  places. 

1772 

Cemetery  on  Fort  Hill  established.  Tract  of  land  for  the 
purpose  secured  by  Dr.  McKechnie  of  Dr.  Sylvester  Gardiner. 

COMPLETE  LIST  OF  OFFICERS  ELECTED  IN  1772 

Moderator:  Ezekiel  Pattee. 

Town  Clerk:  Ezekiel  Pattee. 

Selectmen:  Ezekiel  Pattee, 

Eobert  Crosby, 
Zimri  Heywood. 

Town  Treasurer:  Ezekiel  Pattee. 

Assessors:  Ezekiel  Pattee, 

Zimri  Heywoou 
Eobert  Crosby. 

Ty thing  Men:  Hezekiah  Stratton, 

John  Tozer 

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Wardens. 


Surveyors  of  the  Highways: 


Fence  Viewers  and  Field  Drivers: 

Constable: 
Hog  Reeves: 

Deer  Reeves: 


Morris  Fling, 
Bennet  Woods, 
Timothy  Hudson. 
John  Ferguson, 
Ezekiel  Pattee, 
John  Tozer. 
Timothy  Heald, 
Solomon  Parker. 
Joseph  Carter. 
Elijah  Phipps, 
David  Pattee. 
Timothy  Heald, 
John  Tozer. 


1773 

RELIGION 


In  Massachusetts  Episcopacy  had  been  encouraged  by  the 
royal  Governor,  who  attended  the  "King's  Chapel"  in  Boston.  The 
dread  lest  the  crown  should  appoint  an  Episcopal  Bishop  may  be 
considered  as  one  of  the  causes  which  operated  in  Massachusetts 
to  bring  on  the  Revolution.  Influences  were  at  work  in  a  num- 
ber of  the  Congregationalist  churches  of  Massachusetts  which 
eventually  developed  into  Unitarianism.  The  only  colony  which 
openly  tolerated  entire  freedom  of  worship  by  legislative  enact- 
ment, was  Ehode  Island;  laws  existed  which  forbade  Catholics 
from  holding  public  worship.  Although  none  of  these  conditions 
were  pronounced  in  the  town  of  Winslow,  we  may  presume  that 
there  were  the  usual  disagreements  among  the  inhabitants.  Massa- 
chusetts controlled  the  religion  as  well  as  the  civil  life  of  its 
citizens,  and  required  the  several  towns  to  provide  religious  insti- 
tutions by  legal  enactment  and  to  support  it  by  taxation. 

On  March  8  it  was  voted  "to  hire  some  Preaching  this 
Summer  and  the  Select  Men  are  appointed  to  hire  the  Eeverend 
Deliverance  Smith  for  twelve   Sabbath  Days  to  preach  in  this 

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Town,  provided  he  comes  to  this  Town  sometime  between  this 
and  the  middle  of  June  next:  And  if  he  don't  come  within  that 
time  to  hire  some  other  suitable  man  for  the  like  Number  of 
Days,  provided  it  can  be  done  with  little  or  no  Cost  as  to  his 
Travelling  Expenses,  or  their  going  to  procure  him." 

1774 

On  March  7  it  was  voted  "That  a  pair  of  stocks  be  pro- 
vided, and  that  Lieut.  Heald  shall  have  out  of  the  Treasury 
Eight  Shillings  lawful  money  for  building  and  finishing  same." 

At  this  time  there  were  two  political  parties  in  America. 
The  Whigs,  which  included  the  Sons  of  Liberty,  Liberty  Men,  and 
Patriots,  advocated  independence,  while  the  Tories  favored  roy- 
alty. At  the  close  of  the  Eevolution  the  Whig  party  divided  into 
Particularists,  favoring  State  sovereignty  and  advocating  confed- 
eration, and  Strong  Government,  favoring  a  constitution.  Later 
the  Particularists  became  Anti-Federalists  and  the  Strong  Gov- 
ernment party  Federalists. 

1775 

Arnold's  expedition  with  eleven  hundred  men  passed  through 
the  town  on  their  way  to  Canada. 

S.  H.  Whitney  in  his  "Early  History  of  the  Kennebec  Val- 
ley," says:  "The  passage  of  Arnold's  army  up  the  Kennebec 
valley  was  a  great  event  to  the  early  inhabitants;  eye  witnesses 
describe  the  train  as  several  miles  in  length.  Around  Fort  Hali- 
fax there  was  quite  a  large  group  of  homesteads  and  at  Gatchell's 
Corner  in  Vassalboro  there  were  a  few  families;  these  were  all 
the  settlers  there  were  north  of  Augusta.  Benedict  Arnold  with 
one  thousand  one  hundred  men  arrived  at  Fort  Western  (Au- 
gusta) about  the  20th  of  September,  1775,  en  route  for  Quebec. 

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Fort  Western  being  at  the  head  of  navigation  upon  the  Kennebec 
Kiver,  Arnold  was  obliged  to  leave  his  transports  at  this  place 
and  the  main  army  advanced  up  the  river  by  land  while  their  sup- 
plies were  placed  in  batteaux  and  conveyed  up  the  river.  The 
army  left  Fort  Western  about  September  25th."  The  date  of 
their  arrival  at  Fort  Halifax  was  September  29. 

1776 

COMMITTEE  OF  SAFETY 

In  order  to  render  the  governors  and  judges  of  the  royal 
colonies  independent  of  the  popular  will  and  dependent  on  the 
Crown,  the  King  had  resolved  to  pay  those  officers  out  of  the  Eng- 
lish treasury.  Samuel  Adams  took  alarm  at  this  act,  which  he 
believed  tended  to  convert  the  government  of  the  province  into 
a  "despotism."  At  a  town  meeting  in  Faneuil  Hall  (1772)  he 
moved  the  appointment  of  a  "Committee  of  Correspondence"  to 
state  "the  rights  of  the  colonists"  "to  the  several  towns,  and 
to  the  world."  The  motion  passed;  the  statement  was  sent  forth, 
and  soon  every  town  in  Massachusetts  had  appointed  a  similar 
committee.  In  the  future  it  would  make  little  real  difference 
whether  the  Governor  permitted  the  colonial  assembly  to  meet 
or  not,  since  the  Committees  of  Correspondence  would  always  be 
vigilant  in  the  interests  of  liberty. 

A  Committee  of  Safety  consisting  of  three  members  was 
chosen  on  March  4  at  the  annual  town  meetings  held  at  Fort 
Halifax.  The  members  were  Timothy  Heald,  John  Tozer  and 
Zimri  Heywood. 

At  a  town  meeting  called  "in  the  Name  of  the  Government 
and  People  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England"  held  at 
Fort  Halifax,  July  8,  it  was  voted  "To  borrow  of  Esquire  Pat- 
tee  one  hundred  thousand  shingles,  of  Deacon  Tozer  eight  thou- 

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sand  shingles,  of  Joshua  Davies  four  thousand  shingles,  of  Amb- 
reur  Davies  three  thousand  shingles,  of  Lawrence  Costigan  one 
thousand  clapboards,  and  of  Nathaniel  Carter  five  thousand  shin- 
gles, to  purchase  a  town  stock  of  ammunition,  and  that  the  prod- 
uce of  the  same,  or  what  the  same  shall  clear  in  the  market,  shall 
be  assessed  upon  the  town  sometime  in  the  month  of  October 
next."  It  was  further  voted  "Not  to  give  the  Committee  of 
Safety  directions.  To  hire  three  men  to  go  up  the  river  on  a 
scout.  That  the  Selectmen  of  this  town  shall  immediately  peti- 
tion the  General  Court  in  behalf  of  themselves  and  the  Inhab- 
itants above,  for  a  sufficient  guard  against  the  Canadians." 

1777 

The  members  of  the  Committee  of  Correspondence,  Inspec- 
tion and  Safety  for  this  year  were  Ezekiel  Pattee,  Timothy 
Heald,  Eobert  Crosby,  Manuel  Smith  and  Ephraim  Osborne. 

The  Articles  of  Confederation  between  the  thirteen  United 
States  of  America  were  agreed  upon  by  delegates  from  the  States, 
in  Congress  assembled,  on  the  15th  of  November. 

1780 

Annual  town  meeting  called  "In  the  name  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Massachusetts." 

The  first  General  Court,  under  the  Constitution  of  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Massachusetts,  assembled  at  Boston  on  Wednesday, 
October  25,  1780,  and  was  finally  prorogued  (having  held  three 
sessions)  May  19,  1781.  From  this  time,  as  long  as  Maine  con- 
tinued to  be  a  part  of  Massachusetts,  the  political  year  com- 
menced on  the  last  Wednesday  in  May;  and  the  General  Court 
held  two,  and  frequently  three,  sessions  each  year. 

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1781 

The  Articles  of  Confederation  between  the  thirteen  United 
States  of  America  were  finally  ratified  by  all  the  States,  March  1, 
1781.  Under  the  Confederation,  Congress  consisted  of  a  sin- 
gle house  which  represented  the  States  but  not  the  people.  The 
national  government  had  no  president;  it  was  simply  "a  body 
without  a  head."  Congress  could  advise,  request,  implore,  but  it 
could  not  command.  In  this  last  point  lay  the  fatal  weakness 
of  the  whole  system.  The  national  government  could  make  trea- 
ties but  could  not  compel  their  observance.  It  could  borrow  money 
but  could  not  guarantee  that  a  single  dollar  of  the  debt  would 
ever  be  paid.  It  could  recommend  taxation  but  could  not  enforce 
it.  It  could  enact  laws  but  could  not  punish  those  who  refused 
to  obey  them.  It  could  make  war  but  could  not  raise  a  single 
soldier  to  fight  in  its  defence.  While  the  Revolution  was  in 
progress  the  pressure  of  the  war  forced  the  separate  States  to 
stand  by  each  other,  but  as  soon  as  that  pressure  was  removed, 
the  States,  like  a  barrel  that  had  lost  its  hoops,  threatened  to 
fall  to  pieces. 

1782 

Zimri  Heywood  elected  first  representative  to  the  General 
Court  of  Massachusetts  from  the  town  of  "Win slow. 

1785 

SEPARATION  OF  MAINE  FROM  MASSACHUSETTS 

The  first  record  of  any  special  action  on  the  part  of  the 
early  citizens  of  this  community  regarding  the  separation  of  the 
counties  of  York,  Cumberland  and  Lincoln  from  the  State  of 
Massachusetts  and  their  erection  into  a  separate  State,  appears 
this  year;  however,  it  is  generally  supposed  that  the  question 
had  been  thoroughly  discussed  for  several  years  previous.     As  far 

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back  as  1660  the  inhabitants  of  Maine  petitioned  His  Majesty 
"beseeching  your  Majesty's  royall  word  for  our  redres  &  continewed 
establishment,  either  as  wee  now  stand  under  your  own  Imme- 
diate Authority."  Again  in  1664  they  petitioned  "His  Gratious 
Majastee  King  Charles"  protesting  against  Governor  John  Endi- 
cott  and  his  council  "intermeddling  with  the  government  of  the 
province  of  Maine." 

From  year  to  year  this  question  was  discussed  and  voted  upon, 
the  majority  favoring  separation  gradually  increasing  until  the 
desired  result  was  finally  obtained  in  1820.  In  the  following 
pages,  under  the  different  years,  will  be  found  the  vote  in  detail 
and  other  information  of  record  as  it  appears  from  time  to  time. 

The  following  circular  was  received  by  the  authorities  in 
October  and  at  a  subsequent  town  meeting  Zimri  Heywood  was 
elected  a  delegate  to  attend  the  convention  referred  to  in  the 
circular. 

CIRCULAR 

At  a  meeting  of  a  number  of  Eeputable  Inhabitants  of  the 
Counties  of  York,  Cumberland  and  Lincoln  held  at  Messer's.  Smith 
and  Dean's  Meeting  House,  in  Falmouth,  on  the  fifth  day  of  Octo- 
ber, instant,  agreeable  to  a  ratification  published  in  the  Falmouth 
Gazette,  of  Sept.  17  and  1st  October  instant,  in  order  to  form  some 
plan  for  collecting  the  sentiments  of  the  said  Inhabitants,  on  the 
subject  of  said  Counties  being  formed  into  a  separate  State. 

Voted:  "That  the  Subscribers  be  a  Committee  to  apply  to 
the  Several  Towns  and  Plantations  in  said  Counties,  requesting 
them  to  send  Delegates  to  meet  at  said  Meeting  House  on  the 
first  Wednesday  of  January  next  (1786)  at  ten  o'clock  A.  M.  to 
consider  the  expediency  of  said  Counties  being  formed  into  a  Sep- 
arate State,  and  if  after  mature  Consideration  it  should  appear 
to  them  expedient,  to  pursue  some  regular  and  orderly  method  of 
carrying  the  cause  into  effect." 

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Pursuant  to  the  above  vote,  we  the  Committee  above  said, 
hereby  request  the  inhabitants  of  Winslow  to  choose  a  Delegate  or 
Delegates  to  meet  at  the  time  and  place  above  mentioned,  for  the 
purpose  aforesaid. 

Peleg  Wadsworth,  Chairman. 

Stephen  Longfellow,  Jr. 

William  Gorham. 

Stephen  Hall. 

Jeremiah  Hill. 

Joshua  Fabian. 

Henry  Y.  Brown. 
To  the  Inhabitants  of  Winslow. 

Falmouth,  Oct.  5th,  1785. 

1786 

On  March  6,  Zimri  Heywood  was  again  chosen  delegate  to 
attend  another  convention  to  be  holden  at  Falmouth  on  the  first 
Wednesday  in  September,  1786,  to  discuss  further  the  separation 
of  the  counties  of  York,  Cumberland  and  Lincoln  from  the  State 
of  Massachusetts,  and  forming  themselves  into  a  separate  State. 
Considerable  opposition  developed,  but  by  a  vote  of  twenty-one  to 
eleven  it  was  decided  to  send  a  delegate.  The  services,  however, 
were  scantily  appreciated,  for  at  a  meeting  of  the  town  held  Sept. 
25,  it  was  voted  to  expunge  from  the  warrant  Article  2,  pro- 
viding for  payment  of  Zimri  Heywood  for  attending  two  conven- 
tions at  Portland,  and  it  was  further  voted  not  to  send  a  dele- 
gate to  attend  a  convention  to  be  held  at  Portland  in  January, 
1787,  for  further  discussion. 

It  appears  that  the  convention  at  Falmouth  in  the  early  part 
of  September  had  voted  to  refer  the  question  of  separation  to  the 
voters  of  the  various  towns  so  as  to  be  able  to  get  a  more  thor- 
ough expression  of  the  people.  Article  5,  in  a  warrant  issued 
calling  a  town  meeting  to  be  held  on  December  25,  read  "For 

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MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

every  voter  to  give  in  his  vote  for  or  against  a  separate  State." 
James  Stackpole  was  elected  Moderator.  The  meeting  proceeded 
in  the  usual  quiet  manner  until  Article  5  was  reached.  The  rec- 
ord of  the  meeting  relating  to  Article  5  is  as  follows: 

"It  was  requested  to  bring  in  the  yeas  and  nays  for  and 
against  a  separate  State.  There  was  a  small  number  brought  in; 
the  people  then  got  so  disorderly  that  they  would  not  act  any 
further  on  the  Warrant  though  requested  sundry  times  to  be  silent 
and  act  on  the  business  of  the  day  or  dissolve  the  meeting,  but 
they  continued  in  such  disorder  that  the  moderator  declared  that 
he  would  not  have  anything  more  to  do  with  it.  The  meeting 
was  then  broken  up  without  being  legally  adjourned  or  dissolved." 

1787 

At  a  special  town  meeting  called  December  17,  Jonah 
Crosby  was  chosen  a  delegate  "to  attend  a  Convention  to  be  holden 
at  the  State  House  in  Boston  on  the  second  Wednesday  of  Janu- 
ary next  to  see  if  the  people  will  accept  the  New  Constitution 
or  Form  of  Government  as  set  forth  by  the  Convention  held  at 
Philadelphia  September  the  seventeenth  A.  D.  1787." 

The  Federal  party  was  formed  in  this  year  from  the  Strong 
Government  or  Constitutional  party.  They  elected  two  Presi- 
dents, Washington  for  two  terms,  and  Adams  one  term.  They 
advocated  a  tariff,  funding  of  the  public  debt,  a  United  Slates 
Bank  and  assumption  of  state  debt  by  the  government.  They 
favored  England  as  against  France,  and  opposed  the  war  with 
England  in  1812. 

1788 

February  6.  The  constitution  of  the  United  Spates  of 
America  was  ratified  by  the  State  of  Massachusetts. 

The  first  election  for  United  States  officers  was  held  at  Fort 
Halifax,  Dec.  18.     For  member  of  Federal  Court,  to  be  holden 

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at  Philadelphia,  to  represent  the  counties  of  York,  Cumberland 
and  Lincoln,  the  following  vote  is  recorded: 

George  Thacher,  9 

Samuel  Thompson,  1 

March  3.  It  was  voted  "That  the  Selectmen  sign  a  petition 
to  the  General  Court  praying  that  there  may  be  a  Probate  Court 
and  Register  of  Deeds  established  in  the  Northwesterly  part  of 
the  County  of  Lincoln."  This  was  the  beginning  of  a  movement 
that  led  to  the  formation  and  erection  of  Kennebec  County  in 
1799. 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Previous  to  1804,  each  elector  voted  for  two  candidates  for 
President.  The  one  who  received  the  largest  number  of  votes  was 
declared  President,  and  the  one  who  received  the  next  largest 
number  was  declared  Vice  President.  The  electoral  votes,  for 
the  first  President  of  the  United  States  were : 

George  Washington  of  Virginia,  69 

John  Adams  of  Massachusetts,  34 

John   Jay   of    New   York,  9 

R.   H.   Harrison  of  Maryland,  6 

John  Rutledge  of  South  Carolina,  6 

John  Hancock  of  Massachusetts,  4 

George  Clinton  of  New  York,  3 

Samuel  Huntingdon  of  Connecticut,  2 

John  Milton  of  Georgia,  2 

James  Armstrong  of  Georgia,  1 

Benjamin  Lincoln  of  Massachusetts,  1 

Edward  Telfair  of  Georgia,  1 

Washington  was  chosen  President  and  Adams  Vice  President. 
They  were  both  Federalists.  The  Commonwealth  of  Massachu- 
setts was  entitled  to  ten  electoral  votes,  all  of  which  were  thrown 

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for  Washington  and  Adams.  The  election  in  the  town  of  Wins- 
low  was  held  at  Fort  Halifax  on  Dee.  18,  1788.  The  following 
vote  for  electors  is  recorded: 

William  Widgery,  6 

Henry  Dearborn,  2 

Daniel  Coney,  6 

1790 

Population  of  Winslow,  77 £ 

Population  of  Lincoln  County,  29,962 

Population  of  the  District  of  Maine,  96,510 

There  were  no  slaves  in  Massachusetts  proper  and  nono  in 
the  District  of  Maine.  There  were  sixteen  in  Vermont,  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty-eight  in  New  Hampshire,  nine  hundred  and  forty- 
eight  in  Rhode  Island,  and  two  thousand  seven  hundred  and  sixtv- 
four  in  Connecticut. 

Election  Oct.  4,  for  members  of  Federal  Court : 
William  Lithgow,  22 

Thomas  Rice,  14 

George  Thacher,  7 

<  Henry  Sewall,  2 

John  Gardiner,  1 

1791 

It  was  voted  not  to  raise  any  money  for  preaching. 

Election  for  members  of  the  Federal  Court  Jany.  25th: 
William  Lithgow,  32 

George  Thacher,  3 

A  vote  taken  on  May  2  on  the  question  of  the  separa- 
tion of  Maine  from  Massachusetts  resulted  in  fifty-two  votes  in 
favor  of  the  separation. 

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A  petition  was  sent  to  the  General  Court  praying  for  author- 
ity to  conduct  a  lottery,  the  proceeds  to  be  used  for  building  a 
bridge  across  the  Sebasticook  River. 

DIVISION  OF  THE  TOWN 

The  first  articles  appearing  in  the  warrant  for  the  divi- 
sion of  the  town  of  Winslow  and  the  formation  of  a  new  town 
on  the  westerly  side  of  the  Kennebec  River,  were  posted  in  this 
year.  Dissatisfaction  arising  from  the  inconvenience  of  crossing 
the  river  to  attend  religious  services  and  town  meetings  were  the 
primary  causes  of  the  division  that  was  finally  effected  in  1802. 

At  the  annual  town  meeting  held  March  7,  the  town  voted  thir- 
teen in  favor  and  seven  opposed  on  an  article  favoring  the  divi- 
sion. Owing  to  the  smallness  of  the  vote  or  some  other  reason 
of  sufficient  import,  the  vote  was  not  considered  binding,  for  a 
similar  article  appeared  in  the  warrant  calling  another  meeting 
that  was  held  on  April  7.    At  this  meeting  the  article  was  dismissed. 

1792 

Vote  taken  May  seventh,  1792,  on  the  question  of  the  sep- 
aration of  Maine  from  Massachusetts: 

Yes,  46 

No,  19 

Vote  for  member  of  Congress  Nov.  2,  to  represent  the 
counties  of  Lincoln,  Hancock  and  Washington: 

William  Lithgow,  14 

Daniel  Cony,  11 

Henry  Dearborn,  6 

Arthur  Lithgow,  Ezekiel  Pattee  and  Josiah  Brewer,  Justices 
of  the  Peace,  Solomon  Parker,  Deputy  Sheriff. 
Lincoln  County  proportion  of  tax  No.  9  was: 

County  tax,  £776-8-18, 

Paid  by  representatives,  £141-18, 

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State  tax,  £25365-2-7, 

Paid  by  representatives,  £4111-14. 

Five  regiments  of  militia  in  Lincoln  County.  The  eighth 
regiment  in  division  and  fifth  in  brigade  was  commanded  by 
Ezekiel  Pattee,  Colonel,  and  John  Moore,  Lieut.  Colonel. 

Owing  to  the  action  of  the  town  wherein  they  had  voted  not 
to  hire  any  preaching  the  year  previous  "a  bill  was  found  against 
the  town  in  the  Court  of  General  Sessions  of  Lincoln  County." 
On  March  fifth  it  was  voted,  "That  Ezekiel  Pattee,  Esq.,  attend 
the  next  Court  of  General  Sessions  to  be  held  in  the  County  of 
Lincoln,  as  an  Agent  in  behalf  of  the  town  to  make  defense 
against  a  presentment  brought  against  the  town  for  not  having 
preaching,  etc." 

Vote  for  President  and  Vice  President.  The  election  was 
held  at  Fort  Halifax,  Nov.  2.  Massachusetts  was  entitled  to 
sixteen  electoral  votes.  They  were  cast  for  George  Washington 
for  President,  and  John  Adams  for  Vice  President.  The  follow- 
ing vote  is  recorded: 

Electors,  County  of  York: 

George  Thacher,  16 

Nathaniel  Wells,  1 

County  of  Cumberland: 

Daniel  Davis,  9 

Peleg  Wadsworth,  7 

Counties  of  Lincoln,  Hancock  and  Washington: 

Thomas  Eice,  10 

George  Warren,  11 

Alex.  Campbell,  4 

Genl.  Dearborn,  2 

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CHRONOLOGY 

1793 

Nov.  4,  a  Public  Building  Committee  was  chosen  consisting 
of  Jonah  Crosby,  Josiah  Hayden  and  Ezekiel  Pattee. 

Voted  in  annual  meeting  that  one-half  of  the  preaching  should 
be  on  the  east  side,  and  half  on  the  west  side,  also  that  the  town 
meetings  should  be  held  alternately  on  the  east  and  west  side. 

RATES  OF  POSTAGE 

Single  letter,  30  miles  6  cents,  60  miles  8  cents. 
100  miles  10  cents,  150  miles  12~y2  cents. 
200  miles  15  cents,  250  miles  17  cents. 
350  miles  20  cents,  450  miles  22  cents, 
more  than  450  miles  25  cents. 

No  allowance  made  for  intermediate  miles.  Double  letters, 
double  fare ;  triple  letters,  triple  fare.  Every  package  weighing  one 
ounce  or  more,  rate  of  four  single  letters  for  each  ounce. 

TOWNS  AND  PLANTATIONS  IN  LINCOLN  COUNTY  IN  1793 

Towns 

Pownalborough,  Georgetown,  Bath,  Woolwich,  Bristol,  Tops- 
ham,  Bowdoinham,  Bowdoin,  Newcastle,  Waldoborough,  Boothbay, 
Edgecomb,  Nobleborough,  Cushing,  Thomaston,  Warren,  Camden, 
Union,  Canaan,  Norridgewock,  Fairfield,  Greene,  Vassalborough, 
Sydney,  Hallowell,  Winthrop,  Eeadfield,  Pittston,  Winsldw,  Mon- 
mouth, Mount  Vernon,  Belgrade. 

Plantations 

Hancock,  Starling,  New  Sandwich,  Smithfield,  Meduncoke, 
Baliftown,   Lewistown,   Livermores,   Little   Eiver,   Littleborough, 

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MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATBRVILLE 

Phips,  Tyngs,  Chester,  25  Mile  Pond,  Carytunk,  Gore,  Roekameth, 
Jones,  Prescotts,  Carrs,  7  Mile  Brook,  Wymans,  Month  Sandy  River, 
Sandy  River  No.  1,  2  and  3. 

The  Democratic-Republican  party  was  formed  in  this  year. 
Its  members  were  men  taken  from  the  Anti-federalists,  the  Repub- 
lican or  Jeffersonian  party,  and  Democrats  or  sympathizers  with 
the  French  Revolutionists.  Elected  three  Presidents:  Jefferson 
two  terms,  Madison  two  terms,  and  Munroe  two  terms.  They 
favored  State  rights,  France  as  against  England,  war  with  Eng- 
land, purchase  of  Louisiana,  Missouri  Compromise,  Munroe  Doc- 
trine, free  trade  in  1800,  and  a  protective  tariff  in  1828. 

1794 

Annual  town  meeting  held  at  the  dwelling  house  of  George 
Warren. 

On  Nov.  3,  an  article  favoring  the  division  of  the  town  was 
dismissed. 

A  convention  of  delegates  from  the  towns  within  the  border 
of  the  proposed  new  State  was  called,  to  be  held  at  Portland  on 
the  second  Tuesday  in  October,  1794.  At  a  meeting  of  the  town 
held  Sept.  5,  Col.  Josiah  Hayden  was  chosen  a  delegate  to  attend 
the  convention. 

1795 

Annual  town  meeting  held  at  the  dwelling  house  of  Richard 
Thomas. 

A  petition  was  sent  to  the  General  Court  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Massachusetts,  praying  for  the  division  of  the  town,  and 
asking  that  the  new  town  might  be  called  Williamsburgh. 

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CHRONOLOGY 

Obadiah  Williams,  Eepresentative  to  the  General  Court  from 
Winslow  assisted  in  the  ceremonies,  on  the  part  of  the  Legisla- 
ture, in  laying  the  corner  stone  of  the  present  State  House  in  Bos- 
ton. The  corner  stone  was  laid  July  4,  1795,  by  Governor  Sam- 
uel Adams,  assisted  by  Paul  Revere,  Master  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Masons.  The  stone  was  drawn  to  the  spot  by  fifteen  white 
horses,  representing  the  number  of  States  of  the  Union  at  that 
time. 

1796 

Annual  town  meeting  held  at  the  residence  of  Elnathan  Sher- 
win. 

Tax  No.  13  assessed  June  13,  1796.  Total  State  tax  $154,- 
294.36,  Lincoln  County  proportion  $7589.03. 

Arthur  Lithgow,  Lieut.  Col.  William  Kendall  and  Elnathan 
Sherwin,  Majors  8th  Division,  2nd  Eeg't,  2nd  Brigade,  Massachu- 
setts militia. 

Justices  of  the  Peace:  Obadiah  Williams,  Arthur  Lithgow, 
Ezekiel  Pattee  and  George  Warren.  Deputy  Sheriff,  Ephraim 
Town. 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

The  election  was  held  at  Fort  Halifax  on  Nov.  7.  The  follow- 
ing vote  is  recorded  for  electors: 

"Arthur  Lithgow,  31 

Thomas  Eice,  30" 

Massachusetts'  sixteen  electoral  votes,  were  given  John  Adams 
of  Massachusetts  for  President,  and  Thomas  Pinckney  of  South  Car- 
olina for  Vice  President.  They  were  the  candidates  of  the  Feder- 
alist party. 

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EAST  MEETING  HOUSE  BUILT 

The  name — East  Meeting  House — was  not  applied  to  this 
building  until  after  the  division  of  the  town  in  1802,  and  then  to 
distinguish  it  from  a  meeting  house  in  the  western  part  of  the 
town  (now  Oakland)  that  was  called  the  West  Meeting  House. 
The  building  was  erected  as  a  place  for  public  worship,  and  from 
1796  until  1802  was  presided  over  by  Eev.  Joshua  Cushman,  a 
minister  of  the  gospel,  one  of  the  most  highly  educated  gentlemen 
of  his  time,  exceptionally  liberal  and  broad-minded,  and  whose 
career  was  extraordinary  and  brilliant.  The  character  of  this  com- 
munity, even  today,  can  be  traced  back  through  the  records  to  his 
teachings  and  counsels.  He  was  known  as  a  "town  minister"  and 
was  paid  for  his  services  by  the  town  of  Winslow.  He  was  elected 
to  numerous  positions  of  honor  in  town,  State  and  nation,  Eepre- 
sentative,  State  Senator,  and  Member  of  Congress;  he  performed 
his  duties  with  ability  and  with  credit  to  himself  and  his  constitu- 
ency. 

After  the  various  religious  denominations  began  to  organize 
and  increase  in  numbers,  the  meeting  house  was  apportioned  to 
the  various  societies.  About  1830  its  use  on  the  Sabbath  was 
equally  divided  between  the  Universalists,  Free-will  Baptists  and 
Baptists,  however,  the  town,  with  its  usual  liberality,  in  the  vote 
granting  the  use  of  the  building  to  these  societies,  made  the  wise 
provision  that  should  any  other  sect  increase  in  numbers  sufficiently 
to  require  a  place  of  public  worship,  the  selectmen  should  make  a 
new  allotment  immediately.  The  original  building  has  been  re- 
built and  repaired  several  times,  and  enlarged.  Almost  without 
exception,  all  the  town  meetings  of  every  character  were  held  in 
this  building  until  the  adoption  of  the  city  charter,  and  the  divi- 
sion of  the  city  into  wards  in  1888.  Its  uses  have  been  many  and 
varied.  A  house  of  worship  in  the  early  days,  a  place  of  public 
meeting,  could  its  wall  but  re-echo  the  sounds  of  a  hundred  years, 
together  with  the  stern  Puritanic  sermon  with  all  its  impressive- 
ness,  would  be  mingled  the  excited  hum  of  more  excited  voices  in 

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general  babel  of  Federal,  Whig,  Democrat  and  Eepublican  in  poli- 
tical contest,  the  call  for  arms,  resolutions  of  sympathy,  oratory 
galore,  the  laugh  of  the  minstrel,  and  the  music  of  the  dance.  The 
building  was  moved  to  its  present  position  at  the  commencement 
of  the  erection  of  the  present  City  Hall,  and  is  now  used  princi- 
pally as  an  armory  for  the  use  of  the  local  company  of  militia, 
an  occasional  caucus,  political  meetings,  and  amusement  gather- 
ings. 

1797 

Annual  town  meeting  held  at  the  residence  of  Elnathan  Sher- 
win. 

Kennebec  Medical  Association  instituted;  Dr.  Moses  Appleton, 
elected  Secretary. 

May  10.    Vote  on  separation  of  Maine  from  Massachusetts. 
Yes,  137 

No,  2 

1798 

Commencing  this  year  all  the  town  meetings  were  held  in  the 
churches,  alternating  by  meetings  first  on  the  west  side  of  the  river 
and  then  on  the  east.  This  arrangement  continued  until  the  divi- 
sion of  the  town  in  1802. 

1799 

Rev.  Joshua  Cushman  was  instructed  by  a  vote  of  the  town  held 
April  1  to  preach  every  fourth  Sunday  at  West  Pond. 

KENNEBEC  COUNTY 

After  repeated  efforts  on  the  part  of  the  residents  of  the  north- 
ern part  of  Lincoln  County,  they  succeeded  in  effecting  the  pas- 
sage of  an  act  through  the  General  Court,  providing  for  the  erec- 
tion of  a  new  county.     The  demands  were  based  principally  upon 

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the  necessity  for  a  registry  of  deeds  nearer  the  northern  towns,  and 
more  convenient  privileges  of  attending  the  courts  which  were 
becoming  heavily  burdened  owing  to  the  large  area  covered  by  the 
County  of  Lincoln,  requiring  numerous  and  long  continued  ses- 
sions. The  act  incorporating  Kennebec  County  was  signed  by  the 
Governor,  February  20. 

1800 

Population  of  Winslow,  1250. 

Population  of  the  District  of  Maine,  151,719. 

1801 

At  a  special  town  meeting  held  on  Dec.  8,  to  act  on  an  article 
in  a  warrant  relating  to  the  division  of  the  town  of  Winslow,  it 
was  voted  to  petition  the  General  Court  to  divide  the  town,  and 
provide  for  the  erection  of  a  new  town  on  the  west  side  of  the 
river.  Eeuben  Kidder,  Thomas  Eice,  Josiah  Hayden,  Nehemiah 
G.  Parker  and  Asa  Soule  were  chosen  a  committee  to  present  the 
petition  to  the  General  Court. 

PETITION  FOR  THE  DIVISION  OF  THE  TOWN  OF  WINSLOW 

To  the  Honorable  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  in  General  Court  assembled: 

The  Petition  of  the  Subscribers,  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of 
Winslow,  in  the  county  of  Kennebec,  being  a  committee  chosen  by 
said  Town  in  Town  meeting  assembled,  humbly  Eeport  to  your 
Honours  that  it  is  the  wish  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  said  Town 
that  the  territory  lying  on  the  westerly  side  of  said  Eiver,  in  said 
Town,  as  it  is  now  bounded,  should  be  set  off  from  said  Town  by 
the  name  of  Waterville.  Your  petitioners  in  behalf  of  said  Town, 
beg  leave  to  offer  to  your  Honours,  the  following  reasons: 

That  the  value  of  the  property  now  owned  in  said  Town  is 
nearly  equally  divided  on  each  side  of  said  river. 

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That  the  Town  and  religious  meetings  are  held  alternately 
at  the  meeting  houses  now  erected  on  each  side  of  said  river,  and 
that  in  several  parts  of  the  year  it  is  very  difficult  and  almost  im- 
possible to  cross  said  river  to  attend  said  meetings. 

That  in  the  spring  season,  at  the  annual  meetings  held  in 
said  Town,  the  Inhabitants  thereof  living  on  the  opposite  side 
from  where  the  said  meeting  is  to  be  held,  are  frequently  prevented 
by  the  particular  situation  of  said  river  from  crossing  the  same 
to  attend  said  meeting. 

That  said  river  nearly  divides  said  Town  of  Winslow  in  equal 
halves. 

Wherefore  your  Petitioners  in  behalf  of  said  Town  humbly 
pray  that  said  territory  may  be  set  off,  and  as  in  duty  bound  will 
ever  pray. 

(Signed) 

Asa  Soule, 
Thomas  Eice, 
Nehemiah  A.  Parker, 
Josiah  Hayden, 
Eeuben  Kidder, 
(Com.  of  the  Town  of  Winslow.) 

That  the  now  Town  of  Winslow  shall  be  divided  through  the 
middle  of  the  river  Kennebeck  as  the  river  usually  runs  across 
the  width  of  said  Town. 

That  that  part  of  said  Town  which  lay  on  the  Eastern  side 
of  the  Kennebeck  shall  retain  the  name  of  Winslow,  and  the 
part  which  lay  on  the  Western  side  be  erected  into  a  town  by  the 
name  of  Waterville. 

That  all  debts  except  such  as  concern  meeting  houses  that 
shall  be  due  from  the  Town  when  divided,  or  damages  the  Town 
may  be  liable  to  pay,  shall  be  apportioned  and  paid  by  each  Town 
according  to  the  present  valuation. 

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That  Josiah  Hayden,  Esq.,  being  the  only  Selectman  of  the 
present  Town  of  Winslow,  residing  on  the  east  side  of  the  Kenne- 
beck  river,  shall,  after  a  division,  have  power  to  call  the  first  meet- 
ing without  consulting  his  colleagues. 

The  above  are  articles  agreed  on  by  us  in  a  division  of  the 
now  Town  of  Winslow,  in  behalf  of  said  Town. 

(Signed) 

Josiah  Hayden, 
Reuben  Kidder, 
Asa  Soule, 
Nehemiah  A.  Parker, 
Thomas  Rice, 

Committee. 

« 

1802 

Waterville  incorporated  as  the  one  hundred  and  thirty-eighth 
town  in  the  District  of  Maine,  June  23. 

INCORPORATION  ACT 

Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts 

In  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  two. 

An  act  to  divide  the  Town  of  Winslow  in  the  County  of  Ken- 
nebec, and  to  incorporate  the  westerly  part  thereof  into  a  separate 
Town  by  the  name  of  Waterville. 

Section  1st.  Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives in  General  Court  assembled,  and  by  the  authority  of  the 
same,  that  all  that  part  of  the  town  of  Winslow  which  lies  on 
the  west  side  of  the  Kennebec  river,  as  known  by  its  present 
bounds,  and  by  a  line  drawn  on  the  middle  of  Kennebec  river 
as  its  future  eastern  boundary,  be  and  is  hereby  incorporated  into 
a  separate  Town  by  the  name  of  Waterville.  And  the  inhabitants 
of  ye  said  town  are  hereby  invested  with  all  the  powers,  privileges,. 

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rights,  and  immunities,  with  which  other  Towns  are  invested  by 
the  Constitution  and  Laws  of  the  Commonwealth. 

Section  2nd.  And  be  it  further  Enacted,  that  the  said  Town 
of  Waterville  shall  pay  all  arrears  of  taxes,  which  have  been 
assessed  upon  them,  together  with  their  proportion  of  all  debts 
owed  by  the  said  Town  of  Winslow  prior  to  the  date  of  this  Act, 
excepting  such  debts  as  concern  the  building  of  their  Meeting 
Houses,  which  shall  be  due  from  the  said  Town  when  divided,  or 
damages  the  Town  may  then  be  liable  to  pay,  shall  be  apportioned 
and  paid  in  proportion  according  to  the  present  valuation,  and  all 
dues  and  demands,  other  than  those  which  include  the  expenses  of 
Meeting  Houses,  belonging  to  the  Town  when  divided,  shall 
hereafter  be  adjusted,  divided  and  paid  to  each  of  said  Towns  in 
proportions  according  to  the  present  valuation.  And  the  pro- 
ceeds of  the  sales  of  all  pews  on  the  lower  floors  in  the  two  Meet- 
ing Houses  standing  on  the  banks  of  the  Kennebec,  as  also  the 
Monies  voted  to  complete  the  same,  shall  be  equally  divided 
between  the  said  Town  after  a  division;  and  the  monies  assessed 
for  building  a  meeting  house  in  the  west  pond  settlement,  shall 
be  paid  and  exclusively  appropriated  for  that  purpose,  and  sub- 
ject to  no  demand  of  said  town  of  Winslow. 

Section  3rd.  And  be  is  further  Enacted,  that  all  future  State 
taxes  which  may  be  levied  on  the  two  Towns  aforesaid,  previous 
to  a  new  valuation,  shall  be  assessed  and  paid  in  the  proportion  of 
two-fifths  by  the  Town  of  Winslow,  and  three-fifths  by  the  Town 
of  Waterville. 

Section  4th.  And  be  it  further  Enacted,  that  all  property 
now  belonging  to  the  said  Town  of  Winslow,  not  mentioned  in  the 
foregoing  section,  shall  be  divided  between  the  said  Towns  in  the 
proportion  as  mentioned  in  the  second  section  of  this  Act. 

Section  5th.  And  be  it  further  Enacted,  that  any  Justice  of 
the  Peace  of  said  County  of  Kennebec,  be  and  he  is  hereby  author- 
ized upon  application  thereof,  to  issue  a  Warrant  directed  to  some 

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suitable  person,  an  inhabitant  of  the  said  Town  of  Waterville, 
requiring  him  to  notify  and  warn  the  Inhabitants  thereof  qualified 
to  vote  in  Town  affairs,  to  assemble  at  such  convenient  time  and 
place  as  shall  be  expressed  in  the  said  Warrant,  to  choose  such  offi- 
cers as  Towns  are  by  law  empowered  to  choose  in  the  months  of 
March  or  April  annually. 

In  the  House  of  Eepresentatives,  June  23,  1802.  This  Bill 
having  had  three  several  readings  passed  to  be  Enacted. 

John  C.  Jones,  Speaker. 

In  Senate  June  23,  1802.  This  Bill  having  had  two  several 
readings  passed  to  be  Enacted. 

David  Cobb,  President. 
June  23,  1802.     By  the  Governor  approved. 

Caleb  Strong. 
A  true  copy. 

Attest : 

John  Avery,  Secretary. 
A  true  copy  of  the  original. 
Attest : 

Abijah  Smith,  Town  Clerk. 

TOWN  OF  WATERVILLE 

Warrant  for  the  first  Town  Meeting: 

Kennebec  ss. 

To  Moses  Appleton  of  Waterville  in  said  County  of  Kennebec,  Phy- 
sician. Greeting: 

By  virtue  of  an  act  of  the  General  Court  passed  in  June,  A.  D. 
1802,  entitled  an  "Act  to  divide  the  Town  of  Winslow  in  the 
County  of  Kennebec,  and  to  incorporate  the  westerly  part  thereof 
into  a  separate  town  by  the  name  of  Waterville."  And  also  by 
said  Act,  authorizing  any  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  the  said  county 
of  Kennebec  to  issue  a  Warrant  directed  to  some  suitable  person, 

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an  inhabitant  of  the  said  Town  of  Waterville,  requiring  him  to 
notify  and  warn  the  inhabitants  thereof,  qualified  by  Law  to  vote 
in  Town  affairs,  to  assemble  at  such  convenient  time  and  place  as 
shall  be  expressed  in  said  Warrant,  to  choose  such  officers  as  Towns 
are  by  Law  authorized  to  choose  in  the  months  of  March  or  April 
annually. 

You  are  therefore  in  the  name  of  the  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts,  hereby  required  forthwith  to  notify  and  warn  all 
the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  of  Waterville  qualified  by  law  to  vote 
in  Town  affairs  (either  personally  or  by  leaving  a  written  notifi- 
cation at  their  usual  place  of  abode,  expressing  the  time,  place, 
and  purpose  of  said  meeting),  to  meet  at  the  public  meeting  house 
in  Ticonic  Village  in  said  Waterville,  on  Monday,  the  twenty-sixth 
day  of  July,  instant,  at  ten  of  the  clock  in  the  forenoon,  to  act  on 
the  following  articles,  viz : 

1st.  To  choose  a  Town  Clerk,  Selectmen,  Treasurer,  and  all 
other  necessary  Town  officers  for  the  present  year. 

Hereof  fail  not,  and  make  due  return  of  this  Warrant  with 
your  doings  thereon  unto  me,  the  subscriber,  on  or  before  the  time 
appointed  for  said  meeting. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  at  Waterville,  the  thirteenth 
day  of  July  A.  D.  eighteen  hundred  and  two. 

Asa  Eedington,  Justice  of  the  Peace. 
Kennebec  ss. 

Pursuant  to  the  foregoing  Warrant,  I  have  notified  all  the 
inhabitants  of  said  Waterville,  qualified  by  law  to  vote  in  Town 
affairs,  to  meet  at  the  time  and  place  above  mentioned  in  the  man- 
ner therein  described. 

Moses  Appleton. 

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RECORD  OF  THE  FIRST  TOWN  MEETING 

July  26,  1802. 
At  a  legal  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  of  said  Town  of  Water- 
ville,  held  at  the  meeting  house  in  Ticonic  Village,  on  Monday, 
the  twenty-sixth  day  of  July  A.  D.  1802,  by  virtue  of  the  fore- 
going warrant, 

1st.  Voted  that  Elnathan  Sherwin,  Esq.,  be  Moderator  to 
govern  said  meeting. 

2nd.  Voted  that  Abijah  Smith  be  Town  Clerk  for  the  pres- 
ent year,  who  has  sworn  to  the  faithful  discharge  of  the  duties 
of  said  office. 

Selectmen:  Elnathan  Sherwin. 

Asa  Soule. 
Ebenezer  Bacon. 
Town  Treasurer:  David  Pattee. 

Assessors:  Samuel  Downing. 

Abijah  Smith. 

Hugh  Osborne. 

Constable:  Moses  Courson. 

N.  B.    He  agreed  to  transact  the  Town  business  gratis. 

Surveyors  of  Highways: 

Moody  Crowell,  Nathaniel  Low, 

Lot  Sturtevan,  Thomas  Parker,  Jr., 

James  Howe,  Moses  Dalton, 

Ambrose  Bines,  Thomas  Cook, 

Nahum  Nasson,  Thomas  Magrath, 

Reuben  Shorey,  John  Pierce. 

Surveyors  of  Lumber: 

Abijah  Smith,  William  Dalton, 

Jonathan  Combs,  Asa  Moors.    . 
Edward  Piper, 

Caulkers  of  Stoves: 

Edward  Piper,  William  Dalton. 

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Measurer  of  Wood: 
Scalers  of  Leather: 
John  Pierce, 

Ty thing  Men: 
John  Searls, 
David  Pattee, 

School  Agents: 
Elisha  Hallett, 
Nehemiah  H.  Parker, 
Asa  Soule, 
Isaac  Corson, 

Fish  Wardens: 

Jeremiah  Fairfield, 
Jonathan  Haywood, 

Fence  Viewers  and  Field  Drivers: 

Thomas  Magrath, 

Bryant  Williams, 

Ambrose  Eines, 
Saxon: 
Pound  Keepers: 

Thomas  Cook, 
Hog  Reeves: 

Nathaniel  Getchell, 
David  Jackins, 
Nathaniel  Gilman, 
Alexander  McKechnie, 
Peletiah  Soule, 
Spencer  Thayer, 
Asa  Soule, 
Joseph  Warren, 
James  Rowe, 


William  Dalton. 
Herbert  Moors. 

Richard  Moors, 
Samuel  Wade. 

Thomas  Parker, 
Wilson  Colcord, 
Micah  Ellis, 
John  Streeter, 


Ebenezer  Bacon, 
Jonathan  Soule, 

Thomas  Cook, 
David  Webb,  Jr., 
Solomon  Varney. 
David  Pattee. 

James  Stackpole,  Jr. 

Moses  Appleton, 
Ephraim  Getchell, 
Lot  Sturtevan, 
James  Ballard, 
Isaac  Corson, 
Benjamin  Crommett, 
Benjamin  Rines, 
Nahum  Nasson, 
Samuel  Shores. 


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Warrant  for  a  Congressional  election  in  1802  showing  the  qual- 
ification required  of  a  voter  at  that  time. 

To  Capt.  Abijah  Smith  of  the  Town  of  Waterville,  Greeting: 

You  are  hereby  required,  in  the  name  of  the  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts,  to  notify  and  warn  the  male  inhabitants  of  said 
Town,  being  twenty-one  years  of  age  and  resident  of  said  town  for 
a  space  of  one  year  next  preceding,  having  an  annual  income  of 
three  pounds  or  any  estate  to  the  value  of  sixty  pounds,  to  meet 
at  the  East  Meeting  House  in  said  Town,  on  Monday  the  first  day 
of  November  next  at  eleven  of  the  clock  in  the  forenoon,  to  give 
in  their  votes  for  some  suitable  person  (to  the  Selectmen)  for  a 
Eepresentative  for  the  District  of  Kennebec,  to  represent  them  in 
the  Congress  of  the  United  States. 

Elnathan  Sherwin, 
Asa  Soule, 
Ebenezer  Bacon, 

Selectmen. 

At  a  town  meeting  held  in  August  it  was  voted  to  hold  the  town 
meetings  alternately  at  the  two  meeting  houses,  that  is,  at  the  East 
Meeting  House,  now  the  Armory  at  Waterville,  and  at  the  West 
Meeting  House  in  that  part  of  the  town  which  is  now  Oakland. 

1803 

Appropriations  : 

Current  expenses,  $  500  00 

Schools,  400  00 

Preaching,  50  00 

Highways,  1500  00 

April  4  it  was  voted  that  the  keeping  of  the  town's  poor  should 
be  "set  up  at  auction.  Mrs.  E.  was  struck  off  to  the  widow  L.  at 
one  dollar  per  week,  and  Mrs.  W.  struck  off  to  Asa  Moore  at  one 
dollar  and  forty  cents  per  week." 

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The  Original  Eight  Houa  Day 

April  4  it  was  "Voted  that  the  sum  of  $1.25  be  allowed  for  a 
man,  $1.00  for  a  pair  of  oxen,  fifty  cents  for  a  plow,  and  twenty- 
five  cents  for  a  cart,  for  each  day  while  employed  on  the  highways, 
and  that  eight  hours  shall  constitute  a  day's  work." 

Town  divided  into  ten  school  districts  designated  as  follows : 

No.  1,  Ticonic  district, 

No.  2,  Rose's  district, 

No.  3,  "Ten  lot"  district, 

No.  4,  Almon  Soule's  district, 

No.  5,  Osbourn's  district, 

No.  6,  Crowell's  district, 

No.  7,  Tozer's  district, 

No.  8,  Low's  district. 

No.  9,  Moore's  district, 

No.  10,  Asa  Soule's  district. 

From  time  to  time  additional  districts  were  added  and  lines 
changed.  In  almost  all  the  early  town  meetings  articles  appear  in 
the  warrant  asking  the  town  to  strike  a  family  from  one  district 
and  annex  them  to  another,  as  the  convenience  to  the  new  school- 
houses,  that  were  being  rapidly  built  at  this  time,  required. 

1804 

The  collection  of  taxes  let  to  Capt.  James  Stackpole  at  5%  per 
cent.,  he  being  the  lowest  bidder. 

Justice  of  the  Peace  and  of  the  Quorum,  Reuben  Kidder,  Cor- 
oner, James  Stackpole,  Jr.,  Deputy  Sheriff,  Abijah  Smith. 

Field  officers  of  the  Massachusetts  militia,  Eighth  Division,  Sec- 
ond Regiment,  Second  Brigade,  William  Kendall  of  Waterville, 
Lieut.  Colonel,  Elnathan  Sherwin  and  Nehemiah  A.  Parker  of  "Wa- 
terville, Majors. 

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Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  Massachusetts  met  at  Augusta  sixth 
Tuesday  next  after  the  third  Tuesday  in  April,  and  on  the  fourth 
Tuesday  in  September ;  Court  of  Common  Pleas  and  Sessions,  third 
Tuesday  in  May,  third  Tuesday  in  August,  and  second  Tuesday  in 
December. 

Salmon  and  other  fish  were  so  plentiful  at  this  time  that  it 
became  necessary  for  the  town  to  take  special  action  to  protect  the 
health  of  the  community  from  carelessness  on  the  part  of  fishermen. 
The  following  appears  in  a  record  of  a  town  meeting  held  in  May, 
1804: 

"Whereas  the  practice  of  dressing  fish  on  the  shores  of  the 
Kennebec  River  in  Ticonic  Village  in  Waterville,  and  leaving  the 
filth  and  the  inwards  of  the  same  to  putrify,  is  highly  injurious  to 
the  health  and  convenience  of  the  inhabitants,  and  productive  of 
evil  consequences:  It  is  therefore  voted  by  the  aforesaid  inhabit- 
ants, that  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  leave  any  stinking  fish  or 
the  offals  or  the  filth  of  the  same,  on  the  shore  of  said  river  any- 
where between  the  lower  part  of  Capt.  George  Clark's  shipyard,  and 
the  road  leading  from  Isaac  Temple's  landing  to  the  meeting  house 
in  said  village,  between  the  first  day  of  April  and  the  first  day  of 
October  annually;  he  or  they,  so  offending  and  being  thereof  con- 
victed, shall  for  each  and  every  offence,  forfeit  and  pay  a  fine  of 
not  more  than  three  dollars  nor  less  than  fifty  cents,  one  moity 
thereof  to  the  use  of  the  town,  and  the  other  moity  to  him  or  they 
that  shall  prosecute  for  the  same." 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

The  Constitution  of  the  United  States  having  been  amended, 
the  electors  at  this  election  voted  for  a  President  and  a  Vice  Presi- 
dent. Massachusetts  was  entitled  to  nineteen  electoral  votes.  They 
were  cast  for  Thomas  Jefferson  of  Virginia  for  President,  and 
George  Clinton  of  New  York  for  Vice  President.  They  were  the 
successful  candidates,  and  were  the  candidates  of  the  Republican 

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party.  Following  is  the  complete  vote  of  the  town  of  Waterville  for 
electors,  held  November  5.  Those  receiving  ninety-six  votes  were 
Eepublican  candidates  for  electors,  and  those  receiving  twenty-one 
votes  were  the  Federalist  candidates. 

At  Large: 

Hon.  James  Sullivan,  Boston,  96 

Hon.  Elbridge  Gerry,  Cambridge,  96 

Hon.  David  Cobb,  Goldsborough,  21 

Hon.  Oliver  Wendell,  Boston,  21 

Suffolk  District: 

Hon.  James  Bowdoin,  Boston,  96 

Hon.  John  Coffin  Jones,  Boston,  21 

So.  Essex: 

Col.  John  Hathorn,  Salem,  96 

Hon.  Benjamin  Goodhue,  Salem,  21 

No.  Essex: 

Dr.  Thomas  Kittredge,  Andover,  96 

Hon.  Bailey  Bartlett,  Haverhill,  21 

Middlesex: 

Hon.  James  Winthrop,  Cambridge,  96 

Hon.  Eleazer  Brooks,  Lincoln,  21 

So.  Hampshire : 

Hon.  Jonathan  Smith,  Jr.,  W.  Springfield,  96 

Hon.  William  Shepherd,  Westfield,  21 

No.  Hampshire: 

Hon.  Edward  Upham,  New  Salem,  96 

Hon.  Ebenezer  Maloon,  Amherst,  21 

Plymouth: 

Hon.  James  Warren,  Plymouth,  96 

Hon.  William  Sever,  Kingston,  21 

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Bristol: 

Hon.  Josiah  Dean,  Raynham, 

96 

Hon.  George  Leonard,  Norton, 

21 

Barnstable: 

Hon.  John  Davis,  Barnstable, 

96 

Hon.  Ebenezer  Bacon,  Barnstable, 

21 

80.  Worcester: 

Gen.  Timothy  Newall,  Sturbridge, 

96 

Hon.  Joseph  Allen,  Worcester, 

21 

No.  Worcester: 

Gen.  John  Whitney,  Lancaster, 

96 

Hon.  Josiah  Stearns,  Lunenburg, 

21 

Berkshire : 

Hon.  John  Bacon,  Stockbridge, 

96 

Hon.  David  Easseler,  Eichmond, 

21 

Norfolk: 

Hon.  William  Heath,  Boxbury, 

96 

Hon.  Cotton  Tufts,  Weymouth, 

21 

York: 

Hon.  John  Woodman,  Buxton, 

96 

Hon.  John  Lord,  Berwick, 

21 

Cumberland: 

Hon.  Charles  Turner,  Turner, 

96 

Hon.  Isaac  Parker,  Portland, 

21 

Kennebec: 

Col.  Thomas  Fillebrown,  Hallowell, 

96 

Hon.  Samuel  S.  Wild,  Hallowell, 

21 

Lincoln: 

Hon.  John  Farley,  Newcastle, 

96 

Hon.  Thomas  Rice,  Wiscasset, 

21 

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1806 

Stage  line  established  from  Norridgewock  to  Hallowell  through 
Waterville. 

School  committee  for  the  year,  Moses  Appleton,  Reuben  Kid- 
der, Timothy  Boutelle,  James  Stackpole  and  Thomas  C.  Norris. 

May  5,  it  was  voted  to  accept  a  report  of  the  "meeting  house 
committee"  which  recommended  that  "Reuben  Kidder,  meeting 
house  agent,  be  allowed  for  labor  and  materials  procured  and 
expended."  Agent  Kidder's  bill  amounted  to  $1683.33.  Among 
the  items  were : 

Paid  William  Kendall  for  10000  ft.  joist  $50  00 

Paid  for  23^  M  shingles,  24  43 

Paid  for  rum  and  cask,  42  33 

Paid  Isaac  Temple  for  treading  down  potatoes 
and  grass  (supposed  to  be  done  while  raising  the 
frame),  2  50 

1807 

April  5.  Vote  taken  on  an  article  reading  in  part — "And 
likewise  to  give  in  their  vote  on  the  following  question,  viz.: 
Shall  the  Senators  and  Representatives  of  the  District  of  Maine 
make  application  to  the  Legislature  for  their  consent  to  a  separa- 
tion of  the  District  of  Maine  from  the  Commonwealth  of  Massa- 
chusetts, and  the  same  to  be  erected  into  a  State." 

In  favor,  90 

Opposed,  22 

1808 

THE  EMBARGO  ACT 

The  Embargo  Act  promulgated  by  Congress  on  December 
twenty-second,  1807,  forbade  American  vessels  to  leave  port.  Hard- 

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ships,  real  and  imaginary,  presented  themselves  to  the  people  and 
committees  of  protest  were  appointed,  denunciatory  resolutions 
adopted,  and  public  meetings  protesting  against  the  course  Con- 
gress had  taken,  were  held  throughout  the  country.  Patriotism 
to  the  cause  of  America  was  given  a  severe  test,  but  the  citizens 
of  young  Waterville,  always  patriotic,  showed  their  true  spirit  and 
loyalty  as  the  following  record  will  disclose: 

Article  Four  in  a  warrant  issued  Sept.  2,  1808,  calling  a  town 
meeting  to  be  held  Sept.  17,  reads : 

"To  see  if  the  town  will  petition  the  President  of  the  United 
States  to  suspend  the  Embargo  with  wholly  or  in  part  according 
to  the  authority  vested  in  him  by  law."  At  the  meeting  it  was 
voted:  "Instead  of  requesting  the  President  to  suspend  the  Em- 
bargo, to  approve  of  it;  and  also  to  choose  a  committee  to  form 
an  address  or  resolve  on  the  subject.  In  proceeding  to  a  choice 
the  following  gentlemen  were  elected:  Moses  Dalton,  Samuel 
Downing,  Asa  Soule,  Nathaniel  Gilman,  Elnathan  Sherwin,  Jon- 
athan Combs  and  Micah  Ellis." 

1809 

Asa  Redington  appointed  postmaster. 

Poll  tax  assessed  at  $1.58. 

Eleazer  W.  Ripley,  county  attorney  for  Kennebec  County. 

Officers  of  the  fire  department  appear  for  the  first  time  in 
the  public  records.  Five  persons  were  chosen  to  act  as  fire  wardens 
as  follows :  Elnathan  Sherwin,  James  F.  Wood,  Moses  Dalton,  Asa 
Redington  and  Eleazer  W.  Ripley. 

SOMERSET  COUNTY 

Somerset  County  was  incorporated  in  this  year.  The  towns 
north  of  Waterville  had  increased  rapidly  and  the  older  towns  were 

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growing  larger  and  the  requirements  of  the  people  made  it  neces- 
sary that  a  new  county  be  formed. 

Previous  to  its  incorporation  it  was  embraced  within  the 
limits  of  Kennebec  County. 

A  movement  was  started  to  have  Waterville  become  a  part  of 
the  new  county  and  on  Monday,  May  1,  by  a  vote  of  fifty-nine 
in  favor  and  fifty-three  opposed,  Eleazer  W.  Eipley,  Timothy  Bou- 
telle  and  Asa  Eedington  were  chosen  a  committee  to  present  a 
petition  to  the  General  Court  asking  that  the  town  of  Waterville 
be  annexed  to  the  county. 

The  committee  attended  to  its  duties  but  the  General  Court 
declined  to  grant  the  petition. 

1810 

Population  of  Waterville,  1314. 
Population  of  Winslow,  658. 
Population  of  Kennebec  County,  42,632. 
Population  of  District  of  Maine,  228,705. 

Eev.  Joshua  Cushman  of  Winslow  elected  State  Senator  from 
Kennebec  County. 

James  Stackpole  appointed  commissioner  by  Governor  Gore 
to  lay  out  a  road  from  Augusta  to  Canada. 

1812 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Madison  and  Gerry,  Eepublican,  78. 
Clinton  and  Iingersoll,  Federalist,  61. 

Massachusetts  was  entitled  to  twenty-two  electoral  votes  and 
they  were  cast  for  DeWitt  Clinton,  Federalist,  of  New  York  for 
President.     For  Vice   President   Jared   Ingersoll,   Federalist,   of 

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Pennsylvania,  received  twenty,  and  Elbridge  Gerry,  Eepublican,  of 
Massachusetts,  received  two.  James  Madison,  Republican,  was 
elected  President. 

SPEAKER  RIPLEY 

One  of  the  most  distinguished  political  honors  that  was  ever 
extended  to  a  citizen  of  Waterville  occurred  in  this  year  when 
Eleazer  W.  Eipley  was  elected  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives, General  Court  of  Massachusetts,  to  fill  a  vacancy  caused  by 
the  resignation  of  Joseph  Story.  It  is  a  significant  tribute  to 
the  ability  of  any  man  to  be  elected  to  so  important  a  position, 
but  when  we  stop  to  consider  that  he  was  a  "country  member" 
from  a  remote  country  town,  his  ability  must  have  indeed  been 
marked  to  have  been  elected  to  such  an  honorable  position,  and 
shows  he  must  have  been  held  in  high  esteem  by  his  colleagues. 
He  was  elected  at  the  fall  election  in  the  same  year  as  member  of 
the  State  Senate  from  the  Kennebec  district.  He  resigned  the 
office  of  Senator  to  enter  the  army.  His  promotion  was  rapid  until 
he  reached  the  rank  of  Major  General. 

For  his  distinguished  bravery  at  the  battles  of  Chippewa, 
Erie  and  Niagara,  Congress  presented  him  with  a  gold  medal  and 
extended  to  him  a  vote  of  thanks.  He  resigned  from  the  army 
in  1820  and  became  a  resident  of  Louisiana.  He  represented  his 
adopted  State  in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  for  several 
terms. 

1813 

COLBY  COLLEGE 

On  February  27,  a  charter  was  granted  by  the  General  Court 
of  Massachusetts  to  the  Maine  Literary  and  Theological  Institu- 
tion.    (Colby  College.) 

EXCLUSIVE  FISHING 

May  10.  The  town  voted  favorably  on  an  article  in  a  war- 
rant that  read  "To  see  if  the  town  will  choose  a  committee  to 

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confer  with  the  town  of  Winslow  on  the  subject  of  petitioning  the 
General  Court  to  make  the  salmon,  shad  and  alewive  fishing  an 
exclusive  privilege,  equally  to  be  enjoyed  by  both  towns  of  Water- 
ville  and  Winslow."  James  Stackpole,  Jr.,  Timothy  Boutelle  and 
James  Hasty  were  chosen  as  the  committee. 

1815 

Release  and  final  settlement  between  the  towns  of  Waterville 
and  Winslow. 

We  the  undersigned,  having  been  appointed  a  joint  committee 
by  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Winslow  and  Waterville  to 
adjust  and  make  final  settlement  of  all  disputes  and  controver- 
sies, which  exist  between  the  said  towns,  and  to  settle  all  the  claims 
and  demands  which  the  towns  aforesaid  have  upon  the  other, 
respectfully  in  pursuance  of  the  powers  to  us  delegated,  in  behalf 
of  the  inhabitants  of  our  respective  towns,  have  made  and  entered 
into  the  following  agreement,  viz: 

In  consideration  of  the  sum  of  seventy-one  dollars  and  sixty 
cents  paid  unto  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Waterville,  by  the 
inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Winslow,  by  a  town  order  drawn  on 
the  treasurer  of  the  town  of  Winslow  for  the  sum  aforesaid,  by 
the  selectmen  of  said  Winslow,  payable  to  the  treasurer  of  the 
town  of  Waterville  for  the  use  of  said  town,  the  receipt  whereof 
the  undersigned  committee  of  the  town  of  Waterville  do  hereby 
acknowledge,  do  hereby  release,  exonerate  and  discharge  the  inhabi- 
tants of  the  said  town  of  Winslow  of  and  from  all  claims,  damages, 
costs  and  demands  of  every  name,  kind  and  description,  which 
the  said  town  of  Waterville  have  upon  the  inhabitants  of  Winslow 
aforesaid;  and  particularly  do  we  release  and  discharge  to  the  in- 
habitants of  Winslow,  the  action  now  pending  in  the  Supreme 
Judicial  Court  for  the  counties  of  Kennebec  and  Somerset,  in 
which  action  the  inhabitants  of  said  Waterville  are  plaintiffs  and 
the  inhabitants  of  said  Winslow  defendants,  which  said  action  and 

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the  cause  thereof,  we  hereby  acknowledge  settled,  and  the  inhab- 
itants of  Waterville  are  fully  satisfied  of  all  demands  on  which 
action  was  instituted;  And  we,  the  committee  for  the  town  of 
Winslow,  for  and  in  behalf  of  said  town,  in  consideration  of  the 
above  release  and  discharge,  made  and  entered  by  the  committee 
of  Waterville  aforesaid,  for  and  in  behalf  of  that  town  do  hereby 
release,  exonerate  and  discharge  all  claims,  debts  and  demands  of 
every  description,  which  the  said  inhabitants  of  Winslow  have  upon 
the  inhabitants  of  said  Waterville.  And  we  the  committee  of  the 
aforesaid  towns,  by  virtue  of  the  power  and  authority  vested  in  ua 
by  our  respective  towns,  do  hereby  mutually  agree  that  all  dis- 
putes, demands,  actions,  causes  of  actions,  costs,  damages  and 
controversies  heretofore  existing  between  said  towns  are  finally 
adjusted  and  settled. 

In  witness  whereof  we  have  interchangeably  set  our  hands  and 
applied  our  seals,  this  third  day  of  March,  Anno  Domini  Eighteen 
hundred  and  fifteen. 

Lemuel  Paine, 
James  L.  Child, 
Ephraim  Town, 
Committee  of  the  town  of  Winslow. 
Signed,  sealed  and  delivered  in  the  presence  of  us: 
Betsy  Town, 
Ephraim  Town,  Jr. 

Moses  Dalton, 
Samuel  Downing, 
Jonathan  Combs, 
Committee  of  the  town  of  Waterville. 
Signed,  sealed  and  delivered  in  the  presence  of  us : 
William  Miller, 
Thomas  Magrath. 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing  is  a  true  copy  of  the  orig- 
inal release. 

Abijah  Smith,  Town  Clerk. 

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1816 

Timothy  Boutelle  elected  Presidential  Elector. 

April  1.     Vote  for  Register  of  Deeds  of  Kennebec  County. 


Abijah  Smith, 

79 

Henry  Small, 

47 

John  Hovey, 

25 

Charles  Hayden, 

1 

May  20.  Vote  taken  on  the  question  of  the  separation  of 
Maine  from  Massachusetts. 

In  favor,  135 

Opposed,  38 

Total  vote  in  the  District  of  Maine  on  the  separation  of 
Maine  from  Massachusetts. 

Yes,  11,969 

No,  10,347 

On  June  20,  the  first  act  of  the  General  Court  favoring  the 
separation  was  passed. 

The  town  was  very  desirous  of  securing  the  Maine  Lit- 
erary and  Theological  Institution  to  locate  within  its  borders. 
The  promoters  of  the  school  had  examined  other  sites  at  Farming- 
ton  and  elsewhere  but  had  decided  that  Waterville  was  the  most 
desirable  place.  However,  tempting  offers  had  been  made  by  other 
municipalities  and  the  final  decision  was  in  doubt  for  some  time. 
Waterville  voted  to  raise  three  thousand  dollars  to  assist  in  the 
establishment  of  the  institution  but  for  some  reason  the  amount 
was  not  paid.  The  town  meeting  called  for  the  purpose  was  held 
January  16,  and  was  largely  attended.  The  following  vote  is 
recorded:  "Voted  to  raise  the  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars,  to 
be  assessed  by  the  assessors  to  be  chosen  at  the  next  March  meet- 

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ing  or  April  meeting,  as  soon  as  said  assessors  shall  be  notified  by 
the  President  and  Trustees  of  the  Maine  Literary  and  Theological 
Institution  that  said  institution  shall  be  located  and  established  in 
this  town,  and  when  collected  to  be  paid  over  to  said  President  and 
Trustees,  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  in  erecting  the  necessary  build- 
ings, otherwise  said  sum  is  not  to  be  assessed." 

TOWN  VOTES  NOT  BE  DIVIDED 

A  petition  was  sent  to  the  General  Court  asking  for  the  divi- 
sion of  the  town  of  Waterville.  "Ticonic  Village"  on  the  banks 
of  the  Kennebec  was  a  prosperous  and  growing  community  and 
the  demands  of  the  flourishing  little  village  were  beginning  to 
become  a  troublesome  question  to  residents  of  the  western  section 
of  the  town.  At  a  special  town  meeting  held  May  20,  an  article 
was  dismissed,  viz:  "To  see  if  the  town  will  agree  to  a  division 
of  the  town."  This  meeting  however  was  not  satisfactory  to  the 
promoters  of  the  new  town  and  another  special  meeting  was  held 
Sept.  2,  when  the  proposition  was  defeated  by  a  decisive  vote  of 
one  hundred  and  thirty-six  opposed  to  sixteen  in  favor.  To  fur- 
ther express  their  opposition  a  vote  was  carried  instructing  the 
towns  representative  to  the  General  Court,  to  use  all  means  in 
his  power  to  prevent  the  division  by  the  Legislature,  and  Ebenezer 
Bacon,  Benjamin  Foster  and  Abijah  Smith  were  chosen  to  "draught 
a  remonstrance  in  behalf  of  the  town  against  division." 

THE  STATE  SEPARATION  QUESTION 

(7)  The  following  article  appeared  in  the  warrant  for  a 
meeting  held  Sept.  2: 

Art.  1.  To  give  in  their  votes  for  a  delegate  or  delegates, 
and  the  delegates  chosen  as  aforesaid,  shall  assemble  in  conven- 
tion on  the  last  Monday  of  September  next  at  the  meeting  house 
near  the  college  in  Brunswick,  in  the  District  of  Maine,  to  form 

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a  constitution  for  the  said  District  of  Maine  if  a  majority  of  five 
to  four  of  the  votes  returned  are  in  favor  of  becoming  an  inde- 
pendent State. 

Art.  2.    To  give  in  their  votes  on  this  question: 

"Is  it  expedient  that  the  District  of  Maine  shall  be  separated 
from  Massachusetts  and  become  an  independent  State,  upon  the 
terms  and  conditions  provided  in  an  act  entitled  'An  act  concern- 
ing the  separation  of  the  District  of  Maine  from  Massachusetts 
proper,  and  forming  the  same  into  a  separate  and  independent 
State.' " 

The  vote  on  Article    1  was  as  follows: 

Whole  number  of  votes,  135 

Necessary  for  a  choice,  68 

Benjamin  Foster  had,  83 

Nathaniel  Gilman,  35 

Ebenezer  Bacon,  11 

Timothy  Boutelle,  4 

Abijah  Smith,  2 

Benjamin  Foster,  Esq.,  was  declared  to  be  chosen. 

Article  2: 

In  favor,  114 

Opposed,  51 

1818 

COLBY  COLLEGE 

The  Maine  Literary  and  Theological  Institution  (now  Colby 
College)  opened  and  theological  instruction  commenced.  The  cit- 
izens of  the  town  were  extremely  gratified  in  securing  this  institu- 
tion to  locate  among  them.  The  contest  among  several  towns  had 
been  spirited  and  the  little  town  swelled  with  pride  in  securing 
the  coveted  prize.     The  establishment  here  of  this  institution  of 

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learning  has  been  of  mutual  benefit  to  both  town  and  college. 
Citizens  generally  have  given  their  hearty  support  for  the  needs 
of  the  college  and  the  faculty  and  officers  of  the  college  have  in 
return  taken  a  deep  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  town  and  done 
their  utmost  to  promote  its  best  interests. 

The  college  has  been  especially  fortunate  in  its  graduates  and 
among  its  alumni  are  some  of  the  most  prominent  men  in  this 
country.  It  has  always  taken  a  leading  part  in  social  affairs  and 
the  athletic  sports  of  the  Btudents  have  been  enjoyed  by  everyone 
and  their  victories  celebrated  with  a  vim,  while  the  gloom  at  on 
occasional  defeat  is  as  deep  "down  town"  as  in  the  dormitories. 

1819 

Literary  department  opened  at  the  college. 

SEPARATION  QUESTION 

May  5.  Representatives  to  the  General  Court  were  instructed 
to  use  their  efforts  to  effect  a  separation  of  Maine  from  Massa- 
chusetts and  the  Selectmen  were  chosen  a  committee  to  draft  reso- 
lutions. 

June  19.     Second  separation  act  passed  the  General  Court. 

July  26.  The  town  voted  in  favor  of  the  separation  by  a 
vote  of  one  hundred  and  eighty-four  to  twenty-two. 

The  total  vote  in  the  District  of  Maine  cast  July  26,  was: 

Yeas,  17,091 

Nays,  7,182 

Sept.  20.  Abijah  Smith  and  Ebenezer  Bacon  were  chosen 
delegates  to  attend  a  convention  to  be  held  at  the  Court  House 
in  Portland  on  the  second  Monday  in  October  for  the  purpose  of 
forming  a  constitution  for  the  government  of  the  State  of  Maine. 

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Dec.  6.  By  a  unanimous  vote,  in  which  one  hundred  and  ten 
written  ballots  were  cast,  the  town  expressed  its  approbation  of 
the  constitution  as  promulgated  at  the  convention  at  Portland. 

1820 

Population  of  Waterville,  1719.  , 

Population  of  Winslow,  935. 
Population  of  Maine,  298,335. 

Baxter  Crowell  elected  first  representative  to  the  Maine  Legis- 
lature. 

Timothy  Boutelle  elected  State  Senator  from  Kennebec 
County. 

Joshua  Cushman  of  Winslow  a  member  of  the  17th  Congress. 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

James  Munroe  of  Virginia,  Eepublican  candidate  for  Pres- 
ident and  Daniel  D.  Tompkins  of  New  York,  Eepublican  candi- 
date for  Vice  President,  received  practically  a  unanimous  election, 
James  Munroe  receiving  238  electoral  votes  and  John  Q.  Adams 
one. 

The  vote  in  Waterville  for  electors  at  large  was  as  follows: 

Joshua  Wingate,  31 

William  Moody,  35 

James  Campbell,  4 

Prom  the  sixth  congressional  district,  entitled  to  one  elector: 

Jonah  Prescott,  32 

Joshua  Cushman,  1 

Thomas  Eice,  1 

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STATE  OF  MAINE 

On  March  15,  Maine  became  a  separate  and  independent 
State.  The  contest  for  this  result  had  been  actively  before  the 
people  for  thirty-five  years.  Almost  year  by  year  the  citizens  of 
every  town  in  the  district  of  Maine  had  been  called  upon  to  voice 
their  sentiment  with  their  ballots.  At  times  the  promoters  were 
almost  discouraged  as  session  after  session  of  the  General  Court 
declined  their  petition.  At  some  sessions  they  were  entirely 
ignored.  Another  feature  of  discouragement  was  the  people  them- 
selves, in  numerous  instances  when  the  culmination  of  the  desires 
of  those  interested  in  the  formation  of  a  new  State  seemed  near 
at  hand  a  strong  opposition  vote  would  be  recorded,  necessitating 
another  long  delay.  With  one  exception  the  vote  of  Waterville 
was  always  in  favor  of  the  separation,  although  the  majorities 
show  considerable  variation,  but  the  records  show  that  all  had 
become  reconciled  to  the  change  when  the  final  ballot  was  taken. 

1821 

Joshua  Cushman  a  member  of  the  18th  Congress  from  Maine. 

Name  of  the  Maine  Literary  and  Theological  Institution 
changed  to  Waterville  College  and  chartered  by  the  Lgeislature. 

LIQUOR  LICENSES 

Fifteen  liquor  licenses  issued  at  six  dollars  each  per  year,  to 
the  following  persons:  Simeon  Mathews,  Hallet  and  Bacon,  Tim- 
othy Clement,  Esty  and  Phillips,  -James  Hasty,  Dr.  Daniel  Cook, 
John  Burleigh,  James  Burleigh,  Gardiner  Waters,  Nathaniel  Gil- 
man,  William  Richards,  Thomas  Kimball,  Daniel  Ross,  Shubarl 
Marston  and  Jediah  Morrill. 

TICONIC  BRIDGE 

One  of  the  most  important  early  improvements  was  the  erec- 
tion of  the  so-called  Ticonic  Bridge  across  the  Kennebec  river, 
between  Waterville  and  Winslow.     It  was  of  great  convenience  to 

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the  farming  community  and  was  one  of  the  principal  factors  in 
making  Waterville  a  prosperous  business  center. 

The  Legislature  incorporated  the  proprietors  and  the  act 
was  approved  by  the  Governor  on  March  15,  1821. 

Among  the  original  shareholders  were:  Nathaniel  Gilman, 
Timothy  Boutelle,  Simeon  Matthews,  Jediah  Morrill,  Moses  Apple- 
ton,  James  Stackpole,  Asa  Redington,  Increase  R.  Philbrick,  Dan- 
iel Moor,  Asa  Faunce,  Isaac  Stevens,  Nehemiah  Getchell,  Moses 
Dalton,  Asa  Redington,  Jr.,  Daniel  Cook,  William  Pearson,  E. 
T.  Warren,  Reuel  Williams,  Jesse  Robinson,  Increase  Davis, 
Thomas  Bond,  R.  Vose,  Edmund  Esty,  Thomas  Rice,  Samuel  Ap- 
pleton  and  Peleg  Sprague. 

1822 

Twenty-three  liquor  licenses  issued. 

Samuel  Redington,  County  Commissioner  of  Kennebec  County. 

TOWNS  IN  KENNEBEC  COUNTY  IN  1822 

Augusta,  Chesterville,  Clinton,  Belgrade,  China,  Dearborn, 
Farmington,  Fayette,  Gardiner,  Green,  Freedom,  Hallowell,  Har- 
lem, Jay,  Leeds,  Ligonia,  Gerry,  Monmouth,  Mount  Vernon,  .New 
Sharon,  Pittston,  Readfield,  Rome,  Sidney,  Temple,  Unity,  Vas- 
salboro,  Vienna,  Waterville,  Wayne,  Wilton,  Winthrop,  Win  slow, 
25  mile  Pond  Plantation. 

TICONIC  BRIDGE 

The  first  meeting  of  the  proprietors  was  held  on  May  21. 
James  Stackpole  was  elected  Moderator  and  Daniel  Cook,  Clerk. 

After  voting  to  build  a  bridge,  a  committee  of  five  was  chosen 
"to  select  a  suitable  place  on  which  to  erect  said  bridge  and  to 
propose  a  plan  and  model  to  be  adopted  and  to  report  at  the 

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next  meeting."  Nathaniel  Gilman,  Moses  Dalton,  William  Pear- 
eon,  James  Stackpole,  Jr.,  and  Edward  Esty,  Jr.,  were  the  mem- 
bers of  the  committee. 

1823 

Thirty-two  liquor  licenses  issued. 

Asa  Dalton  appointed  Postmaster.  His  compensation  for 
the  year  amounted  to  eighty-six  dollars  and  eighty-seven  cents. 

1824 

TICONIC  BRIDGE  COMPLETED 

Ticonic  Bridge  was  completed  and  opened  to  the  public  this 
year.  Sixty-five  hundred  dollars  had  been  appropriated  and  ex- 
pended by  the  proprietors. 

The  bridge  was  of  wood  throughout  and  was  substantially 
built  but  was  not  high  enough  and  did  not  prove  strong  enough 
to  withstand  the  severe  strain  of  the  heavy  spring  freshets,  and 
was  in  constant  need  of  repair. 

The  by-laws  provided  that  the  gate  should  be  kept  open  from 
sunrise  until  9  P.  M.  By  a  special  vote  of  the  proprietors  the 
mail  stage  was  allowed  to  cross  the  bridge  for  twenty-five  dollars 
a  year.  All  other  rates  of  passage  were  provided  for  in  the  act 
of  incorporation. 

Following  are  a  few  of  the  rates  in  effect;  taken  at  random 
from  a  long  list  which  covered  almost  every  conceivable  object 
and  animal  in  many  various  groups  and  combinations. 

Foot  passengers,  2  cents. 

One  person  and  horse,  12%  cents. 

Single  horse  cart,  wagon,  sled  or  sleigh,  16  cents. 

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Wheelbarrow,  5  cents. 

Sheep  and  swine  in  droves,  each,  1  cent. 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Adams  and  Calhoun,  Eep.,  76 

Jackson  and  Calhonn,  Hep.,  17 

Maine  was  entitled  to  nine  electoral  votes.  They  were  cast 
for  John  Quincy  Adams  of  Massachusetts  for  President  and  John 
C.  Calhoun  of  South  Carolina  for  Vice  President. 

The  opposing  candidates  for  President  were  Andrew  Jack- 
son of  Tennessee,  William  H.  Crawford  of  Georgia  and  Henry 
Clay- of  Kentucky.  No  candidate  having  a  majority  of  electoral 
votes,  the  House  of  Representatives  elected  Adams  as  President. 
John  C.  Calhoun  was  chosen  Vice  President.  All  the  candidates 
were  Eepublicans. 

1825 

Hall  J.  Chase  appointed  Postmaster.  His  compensation 
amounted  to  $99.52. 

There  were  five  ministers  of  the  gospel  residing  in  Waterville 
in  this  year.  Eev.  Jere  Chaplin,  D.  D.,  Eev.  Stephen  Chapin,  D. 
D.,  Eev.  Avery  Briggs,  Eev.  Sylvanus  Cobb,  and  Eev.  John  Butler. 

Sept.  12.  It  was  "voted  to  pay  Eev.  Sylvanus  Cobb  as  com- 
pensation for  damages  done  his  chaise,  in  consequence  of  a  defect 
in  a  bridge  near  Crommett's  stream,  the  sum  of  seven  dollars." 

TOWN  HEARSE 

Jan.  7.  Captain  Getchell  was  chosen  a  committee  to  investi- 
gate the  necessity  of  the  town  purchasing  a  hearse  and  instructed 
to  report  at  a  future  town  meeting.  On  April  5,  seventy-five  dol- 
lars was  raised  for  the  purpose. 

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On  May  7,  it  was  voted  to  pay  the  members  of  the  militia, 
"twenty  cents  per  day  for  attendance  at  muster  and  review  in 
lieu  of  rations  provided  by  law." 

18?6 

Part  of  the  town  of  Dearborn  annexed  to  Waterville. 


6.     Appropriations : 

Support  of  Poor, 

$    600 

Schools, 

700 

Current  Expenses, 

200 

Highways,  , 

2500 

Independence  Day  celebrated  with  "parade,  speeches,  ringing 
of  bells  and  firing  of  cannon." 

In  a  great  freshet,  March  25  to  27,  Ticonic  Bridge  was  car- 
ried away.     It  was  immediately  rebuilt. 

1827 

Jean  Matthieu,  first  French  emigrant,  came  to  Waterville. 

March  19.  The  Selectmen  and  Superintending  School  Com- 
mittee were  instructed  by  a  vote  of  the  town  to  hereafter  make 
written  reports  of  the  expenditures  and  receipts  together  with  a 
general  review  of  the  town  business  and  to  make  recommenda- 
tions for  the  required  amounts  to  properly  conduct  the  business 
of  the  town. 

It  was  stipulated  that  copies  of  the  report  should  be  con- 
spicuously posted  in  two  places  at  least  three  days  before  the  date 
of  the  annual  town  meeting,  and  that  a  copy  be  filed  with  the 
town  clerk. 

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CANADA  ROAD 


At  a  meeting  held  Jan.  20,  at  which  Hon.  Timothy  Boutelle  was 
chosen  Moderator,  it  was  unanimously  voted  to  petition  the  Legis- 
lature of  the  State  of  Maine  for  the  grant  of  a  sum  of  money  to 
be  expended  in  making  the  Canada  Road,  so  called,  between  Nor- 
ridgewock  and  the  Canada  line.  Timothy  Boutelle,  Asa  Reding- 
ton,  Jr.,  and  Abijah  Smith  were  chosen  a  committee  to  memorial- 
ize the  Legislature  accordingly. 

On  Feb.  12,  the  Legislature  passed  a  resolve  entitled  "Resolve 
relative  to  the  State  Road  north  of  the  Bingham  purchase"  fav- 
oring the  building  of  the  road.  June  21,  Governor  Enoch  Lincoln 
appointed  Abijah  Smith  an  agent  to  assist  in  superintending  the 
construction  of  the  road. 

RESOLUTIONS  OF  SYMPATHY 

The  war  between  the  Greeks  and  Turks  was  a  cause  of  intense 
interest  upon  the  part  of  the  citizens  of  this  country.  The  Greeks 
fighting  to  overthrow  the  power  of  the  Turkish  Government  had 
the  almost  unanimous  support  and  sympathy  of  the  American 
people.  The  feeling  of  Waterville  citizens  can  best  be  judged  by 
the  tenor  of  a  resolution  introduced  by  R.  A.  L  .Codman,  Esq.,  and 
unanimously  accepted  by  a  vote  of  the  town  March  19,  as  follows : 

Resolved:  That  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  feel  a  deep  in- 
terest in  the  eventful  conflict  between  the  Greeks  and  Turks, 
gloriously  maintained  by  the  former,  at  fearful  odds,  to  secure  to 
themselves  liberty  and  independence,  and  to  regain  for  themselves 
their  rank  among  the  nations  of  the  earth. 

Resolved:  That  said  inhabitants,  feelingly  sympathize  in  the 
privations  and  sufferings  of  the  Greeks,  do  cordially  approve  of 
the  motives  that  have  operated  a  call  for  a  meeting  of  the  citi- 
zens of  the  county  of  Kennebec  to  be  holden  at  Augusta  on  the 
second  Tuesday  of  April  next,  to  take  into  consideration  suitable 
measures  toward  their  relief. 

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Besolved :  That  two  persons  be  chosen  as  delegates  from  this 
town  to  attend  said  meeting  and, 

Eesolved:  That  Hon.  Timothy  Boutelle  and  Milford  P.  Nor- 
ton, Esq.,  be  said  delegates. 

1828 

First  plank  sidewalk  built  at  the  expense  of  the  town. 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Adams  and  Bush,  Nat.  Eep.,  158 

Jackson  and  Calhoun,  Dem.,  112 

Maine  was  entitled  to  nine  electoral  votes.  One  was  cast  for 
Andrew  Jackson,  Democrat,  for  President,  and  eight  for  John 
Quincy  Adams,  National  Eepublican.  Andrew  Jackson  was  elected 
President. 

Abijah  Smith  of  Waterville  was  a  candidate  for  Presidential 
Elector  on  the  Democratic  ticket.  He  was  defeated  by  Joseph 
Southwick  of  Vassalboro,  the  candidate  of  the  National  Eepub- 
lican party. 

1829 


State   Tax, 

$    365  63 

County  Tax, 

337  56 

Town  Tax, 

2199  37 

Elisha  Hallett,  Jr.,  appointed  postmaster  at  the  village  of 
West  Waterville. 

Sept.  10.  An  article  in  a  warrant  was  dismissed  favoring 
the  erection  of  a  county  poor  house  to  be  used  by  all  the  towns 
in  the  county  for  a  home  for  their  poor,  to  be  established  with 

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the  object  of  procuring  a  more  economical  system  of  caring  for 
this  class  of  unfortunates. 

1830 

Nov.  1.  James  Stackpole,  Jr.,  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Hunton,  an  agent  to  collect  and  pay  into  the  treasury  of  the  State 
the  balance  due  the  State  on  account  of  fines,  forfeitures  and  bills 
of  costs  between  the  fifteenth  day  of  March,  1820,  and  the  fif- 
teenth of  March,  1830,  under  authority  of  resolve  of  February 
16,  1828,  Chap.  28  and  March  15,  1830,  Chap.  28.  Mr.  Stack- 
pole  attended  to  the  duties  assigned  to  him  and  on  Dec.  31, 
passed  his  report  to  the  Governor  and  Council.  It  was  immedi- 
ately approved  and  Mr.  Stackpole  was  commended  for  his  prompt- 
ness and  efficiency. 

CENSUS  OF  1630 

Population  of  Waterville,  2216. 

Population  of  Kennebec  County,  38,929. 

In  a  report  authorized  by  an  act  of  the  Legislature  in  1825, 
it  is  shown  that  there  were,  in  1830,  341  school  districts  and 
19,561  persons  between  the  school  ages  of  four  and  twenty-one  in 
the  county.  The  law  required  that  $16,032  should  be  raised  annu- 
ally for  the  support  of  the  schools.  The  amount  actually  raised 
was  $18,203.08. 

In  the  valuation  returns  for  the  county  the  following  table 
appears : 


Number  of  houses, 

6012 

Number  of  barns, 

6076 

Shops  and  stores, 
Printing  offices, 
Tanneries, 

1407 

5 

64 

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Grist  Mills, 

60 

Saw  Mills, 

105 

Clapboard  machines, 

2 

Shingle  machines, 

2 

Lath  machines, 

6 

Carding  machines, 

51 

Eope  walks, 

9 

Distilleries, 

12 

Paper  mills, 

6 

1831 

Asa  Kedington,  Jr.,  County  Attorney. 

Abrjah  Smith  a  member  of  the  Governor's  Council. 

1832 

Timothy  Boutelle  elected  State  Senator  from  Kennebec 
County.     He  was  chairman  of  the  Judiciary  Committee. 

William  Lloyd  Garrison  visited  the  town  and  made  an  address 
on  the  slavery  question. 

March  11.  It  was  voted  that  the  Selectmen  be  authorized 
to  contract  with  some  suitable  person  to  ring  the  bell  of  the  Uni- 
versalist  meeting  house  three  times  each  day  for  one  year. 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Jackson  and  Van  Buren,  Dem.,       228 
Clay  and  Sargent,  Whig,  187 

Maine  was  entitled  to  ten  electoral  votes.  They  were  cast  for 
Andrew  Jackson  of  Tennessee  for  President  and  Martin  Van  Buren 
of  New  York  for  Vice  President,  the  Democratic  candidates. 
Andrew  Jackson,  Democrat,  was  elected  President. 

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THE  GREAT  FRESHET  OF  1832 

The  greatest  freshet  in  the  history  of  the  Kennebec  river 
occurred  this  year.  The  oldest  inhabitants  at  that  time  could  not 
recall  when  the  water  reached  so  high  a  point  and  it  has  never 
attained  such  a  height  since.  Ticonic  bridge  was  partially  de- 
stroyed and  was  not  thoroughly  rebuilt  for  several  years.  Lack 
of  financial  support  and  the  heavy  expense  of  maintaining  the 
bridge  were  the  principal  reasons  that  caused  the  proprietors  to 
delay  the  rebuilding.  Unprofitable  business  ventures  were  as 
unpopular  in  1832  as  at  present  and  judging  from  the  constant 
disasters  the  bridge  must  have  been  a  losing  proposition  from  the 
start.  It  is  recorded  that  in  1835  Timothy  Boutelle  purchased 
fifteen  shares  of  the  stock  at  25c  a  share. 

1833 

Timothy  Boutelle  re-elected  State  Senator. 

Abijah  Smith  appointed  postmaster  by  President  Andrew 
Jackson.     Daniel  Combs  appointed  postmaster  at  West  Waterville. 

1834 

Asa  Redington,  Jr.,  County  Commissioner. 

March  3.  It  was  voted  to  purchase  two  fire  engines.  The 
cost  not  to  exceed  over  four  hundred  dollars  each.  Cash  to  be 
paid  for  one  and  the  other  one  to  be  purchased  upon  credit  for 
one  year.  (The  engine  was  not  purchased  until  1836  and  then 
by  the  Ticonic  Village  Corporation.) 

TEMPERANCE 

At  this  period  in  the  town's  history  the  Temperance  question 
was  being  strongly  agitated  and  the  friends  of  the  movement  were 

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increasing  in  number  and  were  beginning  to  make  themselves  a 
factor  in  the  government  of  the  municipality.  At  the  annual  town 
meeting  held  March  3,  it  was  voted  to  authorize  the  selectmen 
not  to  grant  licenses  to  persons  to  sell  wine  and  other  spirituous 
liquors  to  be  drunk  in  their  shops  or  stores  for  the  ensuing  year 
and  the  Selectmen  were  instructed  to  prosecute  violators. 

This  vote  did  not  restrict  taverns  from  selling. 

This  action  of  the  voters  brought  forth  a  storm  of  protests 
and  the  law  was  not  enforced  to  any  extent  until  several  years 
later  when  a  more  effective  measure  was  passed. 

A  large  number  of  dealers  continued  to  sell  liquors  as  before 
but  there  is  no  record  to  show  that  they  were  granted  licenses 
to  do  so.  At  the  same  time,  however,  quite  a  few  discontinued 
selling  liquors,  not  that  they  feared  the  law  so  much  but  from  the 
result  of  a  genuine  temperance  movement  which  was  spreading 
through  the  State. 

1835 

Asa  Eedington,  Jr.,  elected  State  Treasurer  by  the  Legislature. 

1836 

TICONIC  VILLAGE  CORPORATION 

Division  of  the  town  was  always  a  live  question.  The  needs 
of  the  "village"  were  many,  and  actual  improvements  that  were 
really  a  necessity  were  strongly  opposed  by  the  "outsiders."  After 
several  years  of  discussion  and  to  avoid  continued  quarrels,  a 
village  corporation  was  proposed  and  the  legislature  was  petitioned 
to  authorize  the  formation  of  the  "Ticonic  Village  Corporation." 
The  Legislature  voted  the  necessary  authority  and  the  act  was 
approved  by  Governor  Dunlap,  March  24,  1836.     One  of  the  very 

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first  acts  of  the  corporation  was  to  purchase  the  famous  old  hand 
fire  engine,  "Ticonic  No.  1." 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Harrison  and  Granger,  Whig,         146 
Van  Buren  and  Johnson,  Dem.,       129 

Maine  was  entitled  to  ten  electoral  votes.  They  were  cast 
for  Martin  Van  Buren  of  New  York  for  President,  and  Eichard 
M.  Johnson  of  Kentucky,  for  Vice  President,  the  Democratic  can- 
didates.    Martin  Van  Buren,  Democrat,  was  elected  President. 

1837 

Abijah  Smith  re-appointed  Postmaster. 

March  13.  Selectmen  authorized  to  withhold  all  liquor 
licenses,  both  wholesale  and  retail,  and  that  "tavern  bars"  shall 
be  closed  on  the  Sabbath  day  and  evening.  No  action  was  taken 
by  the  licensing  board  on  these  instructions  until  Sept.  18,  1840. 

SURPLUS  REVENUE  MONEY 

Getting  something  for  nothing  has  a  very  pleasing  effect  upon 
the  average  human  being,  and  one  can  readily  imagine  the  effect 
of  an  announcement  that  the  United  States  Government  was  to 
divide  the  surplus  of  revenue  money  in  the  national  treasury  among 
the  people  of  the  country. 

Each  State  received  its  proportion  in  accordance  with  its 
population.  The  National  Government  allotted  the  amounts  to 
the  various  States,  and  the  States  in  turn  made  whatever  disposi- 
tion of  the  funds  their  Legislatures  chose. 

The  Legislature  of  Maine  voted  to  divide  the  sum  received 
amongst  the  towns  and  plantations  to  be  by  them  distributed 
equally  among  the  people.  Waterville  divided  its  proportion 
equalty,  every  man,  woman,  and  child  receiving  the  same  amount. 

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The  act  of  those  in  authority  in  Maine,  at  that  time,  has 
been  severely  criticised.  It  was  deemed  by  many  that  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Massachusetts,  in  placing  the  moneys  received  to  the 
credit  of  a  school  fund,  had  taken  the  wisest  course,  and  many 
believe  that  Maine  should  have  done  the  same. 

On  April  10,  a  town  meeting  was  called  to  act  on  a  warrant 
issued  by  the  proper  officers  which  read  as  follows: 

"Act.  I.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  receive  its  proportion 
of  the  money  which  is  or  may  be  deposited  with  this  State  by 
the  United  States  in  pursuance  of  'an  act  to  regulate  the  deposit 
of  public  money'  on  the  conditions  specified  in  an  act  of  this  State, 
entitled  'an  act  providing  for  the  disposition  and  repayment  of 
the  public  money  apportioned  to  the  State  of  Maine  on  deposit, 
by  the  Government  of  the  United  States/ 

Act.  II.    To  choose  an  agent  to  receive  the  money. 

Act.  III.  To  see  what  disposition  the  town  will  make  of  the 
money;  to  choose  committees,  etc." 

It  is  needless  to  explain  that  when  the  hour  arrived  for  call- 
ing the  meeting  to  order,  a  large  and  interested  crowd  was  pres- 
ent, and  it  was  unanimously  voted  to  accept  the  money  and  that 
Hon.  Timothy  Boutelle  be  an  agent  to  receive  it. 

Hon.  Wyman  B.  S.  Moor  submitted  the  following  motion : 

"Voted  that  the  town  will  loan  its  proportion  of  the  public 
money  to  the  citzens  of  the  town,  and  each  inhabitant  of  this  town 
enumerated  by  the  census  taken  by  virtue  of  the  distribution  act 
shall  be  entitled  to  borrow  on  his  or  her  own  private  security,  on 
interest,  such  a  sum  of  said  money  as  his  or  her  share  would  have 
been  had  the  said  money  been  divided  equally  among  the  inhabi- 
tants of  this  town.      That  parents  shall  be  entitled  to  borrow  and 

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receive  on  such  parents'  security  the  share  or  shares  of  their  minor 
children.  That  the  interest  on  said  money  so  loaned  shall  not  be 
collected  until  the  principal  is  called  for." 

The  above  was  adopted  with  the  following  amendments: 
"Strike  out  'his  or  her  own  private  security'  and  insert  'safe  and 
ample  security,'  inserting  after  the  words  'on  interest,'  'to  be  paid 
annually  to  the  town  treasurer.' " 

"To  strike  out  the  last  clause  and  insert  'The  money  so  loaned 
shall  be  payable  in  sixty  days  after  demand  is  made  by  the  treas- 
urer, and  the  treasurer  is  hereby  instructed  to  demand  of  each  per- 
son who  shall  have  received  said  money,  and  given  his  note  there- 
for, payment  of  his  said  note  whenever  such  person  shall  leave 
this  town,  and  no  note  shall  run  for  a  longer  term  than  two 
years/  * 

Hon.  Timothy  Boutelle  was  chosen  an  agent  to  pay  out  the 
money.  It  appears  that  after  deliberation,  the  above  arrangement 
for  the  distribution  of  the  public  money  was  not  satisfactory,  for 
on  May  1,  another  town  meeting  was  called  and  the  vote  recon- 
sidered by  a  vote  of  137  yeas  to  103  nays.  A  vote  was  passed 
which  did  not  materially  change  the  action  of  the  first  meeting, 
but  called  for  the  adoption  of  a  form  of  receipt  that  should  be 
used  which  read: 

"Received  of  the  town  of  "Waterville 
Dollars   and cents, 


which  I  agree  to  repay  whenever  the  State  shall  recall  the  portion 
of  the  surplus  money  deposited  with  said  town  with  one  per  cent, 
interest." 

It  was  also  added  that  orphans'  shares  could  be  loaned  to 
guardians,  but  where  there  were  no  guardians,  the  money  should 
remain  in  the  treasury. 

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It  was  voted  to  choose  a  committee  of  three  to  handle  the 
funds,  and  Eben  F.  Bacon,  Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  and  Solomon  Berry- 
were  chosen,  and  it  was  voted  that  Hon.  Timothy  Boutelle  turn 
the  money  over  to  the  town  treasurer. 

Serious  trouble  arose  immediately  after  this  meeting.  The 
town  treasurer  after  receiving  the  funds  could  not  see  his  way 
clear  to  pay  the  same  over  to  the  committee  elected.  On  July  1 
another  meeting  was  called  and  Perley  Low  was  chosen  on  the 
committee  in  place  of  Solomon  Berry  who  declined  to  serve  and 
it  was  voted,  "that  if  the  town  treasurer  refuses  to  pay  over  the 
money  to  the  committee,  to  bring  suit  in  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas,"  and  it  was  further  voted  to  post  up  notices  on  the  east 
and  west  meeting  houses  when  the  surplus  was  ready  to  be  paid. 

The  threat  of  a  suit  in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  was  not 
of  sufficient  terror  to  make  the  treasurer  relinquish  his  hold  on 
the  money  nor  to  make  him  change  his  mind  from  doing  what  he 
thought  was  his  duty,  but  on  July  22  a  town  meeting  was  called 
and  a  vote  taken  that  caused  the  treasurer  to  retreat  from  his 
position,  and  turn  the  money  over  to  the  committee.  Eben  F. 
Bacon  presented  the  motion,  and  it  was  voted  "that  if  Augustine 
Perkins  continues  to  withhold  the  surplus  money  from  the  town 
committee,  after  the  adjournment  of  this  meeting,  that  he  be 
hereby  requested  to  resign  his  office  of  treasurer  and  town  clerk." 

Notices  were  posted  a  day  or  two  following  on  the  east  and 
west  meeting  houses  that  the  "surplus  revenue  money"  was  ready 
to  be  paid.  On  Sept.  11  it  was  voted  to  allow  orphans  without 
guardians  to  receive  their  share  of  the  money,  through  friends  to 
be  designated  by  themselves. 

Mr.  Appleton  A.  Plaisted  received  as  his  proportion,  the 
amount  of  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents,  in  common  with  all  the 
other  inhabitants  of  the  town.  With  this  amount  he  purchased  a 
little,  red-covpred  Bible,  which  he  still  has  in  his  possession.     He 

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prizes  it  very  highly  for  it  is  doubtful  if  there  is  another  article 
of  any  kind  in  existence  in  the  city  that  was  actually  purchased 
with  the  much  discussed  "surplus  revenue  money." 

1838 

Timothy  Boutelle  elected  State  Senator. 

1839 

Eben  F.  Bacon,  Sheriff  of  Kennebec  County. 
Timothy  Boutelle  re-elected  State  Senator. 

At  a  town  meeting  held  Feb.  11,  the  house  was  polled  and 
the  citizens  unanimously  voted  against  the  proposed  annexation 
of  the  town  of  Dearborn,  and  the  Senator  from  Kennebec  County 
was  requested  and  the  Eepresentative  instructed  to  oppose  the 
petition  of  Isaiah  James  and  others  before  the  Legislature. 

1840 

Population,  2,939. 

Polls,  527. 

Valuation,  $539,548. 

Population  Kennebec  County,  51,384. 

Alpheus  Lyons,  member  of  the  Governor's  Council. 

Samuel  Appleton  appointed  an  assessor  to  take  the  valuation 
of  the  town  for  the  State. 

At  a  town  meeting  held  Jan.  25,  one  hundred  and  thirty 
citizens  unanimously  voted  to  oppose  the  annexation  of  the  town 
of  Dearborn.  On  Mar.  9,  Reuben  M.  Dorr  and  John  Matthews 
were  chosen  a  committee  to  attend  the  Legislature  and  oppose  the 
annexation  to  the  last  extremity." 

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VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Harrison  and  Tyler,  Whig,  310 

Van  Buren  and  Johnson,  Dem.,       246 

This  was  the  famous  log  cabin  and  hard  cider  campaign. 
It  was  all  Whig.  Waterville  went  Whig.  Maine  went  Whig,  and 
the  nation  went  Whig.  The  celebration  of  the  victory  in  Water- 
ville is  well  remembered  by  some  of  the  older  inhabitants.  Maine 
was  entitled  to  ten  electoral  votes. 

LIQUOR  LICENSES  REFUSED 

The  licensing  board  composed  of  the  Selectmen,  Treasurer, 
and  Town  Clerk  met  Sept.  18,  and  adopted  the  following  resolu- 
tions : 

Resolved:  By  the  Selectmen,  Treasurer,  and  Town  Clerk  of 
the  town  of  Waterville,  that  the  opinion  of  the  inhabitants  of  the 
said  town,  heretofore  expressed  in  their  instructions  to  the  licensing 
board,  by  vote  passed  March  13,  1837,  are  in  the  opinion  of  this 
board  entitled  to  the  highest  respect,  as  having  their  foundation  in 
a  just  regard  for  the  best  interests  of  the  people  of  this  town,  and 
for  the  happiness  and  well-being  of  society. 

Resolved:  Therefore,  that  this  board  does  not  deem  it  neces- 
sary or  consistent  with  the  public  good  to  license  any  person  within 
said  town  to  be  sellers  of  wine,  brandy,  rum,  or  any  other  strong 
liquor  by  retail,  and  that  no  license  for  that  purpose  shall  be 
granted  by  this  board. 

1841 

William  Dorr,  Sheriff  of  Kennebec  County. 

1842 

East  meeting  house  repaired  and  fitted  up  for  a  town  hall. 
Isaac  Redington  elected  State  Senator  from  Kennebec  County. 

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ELECTION  FOR  REPRESENTATIVE 

A  bitter  political  contest  was  fought  over  the  election  of  a 
member  of  the  Maine  House  of  Representatives.  The  first  elec- 
tion was  held  Sept.  12.  Five  hundred  and  seventy-eight  ballots 
were  thrown,  resulting  in  no  choice,  a  majority  of  all  the  votes 
being  required  to  elect.  Nine  meetings  were  held  before  a  choice 
was  secured,  the  final  vote  being  taken  Feb.  27,  1843.  Wyman 
B.  S.  Moor  was  the  Democratic  candidate  and  continued  in  the 
fight  until  the  end.  The  Whigs  put  several  candidates  in  the 
field,  but  none  were  able  to  secure  the  necessary  majority  until 
Hon.  Timothy  Boutelle  was  persuaded  to  allow  his  name  to  be 
used.  He  received  twenty-four  votes  more  than  the  required 
majority  in  a  total  vote  of  four  hundred  and  thirty.  At  this  time 
the  contests  on  election  day  were  particularly  close  between  the 
Democrats  and  Whigs  for  Representative  to  Legislature.  It  re- 
quired two  elections  in  1838,  four  in  1841,  nine  in  1842,  four  in 
1843,  three  in  1844,  and  two  in  1846  before  a  choice  was  made. 

1843 

David  Coombs,  County  Commissioner. 

Samuel  Appleton,  postmaster  of  Waterville,  compensation 
$536.05.  William  H.  Hatch,  postmaster  at  West  Waterville,  com- 
pensation $40.89. 

Dearborn  Plantation  (Oakland)  annexed  to  Waterville.  The 
Whigs  made  vigorous  protests  owing  to  the  fact  that  the  voting 
populace  of  Dearborn  were  mostly  Democrats.  A  Democratic 
Legislature  annexed  the  plantation,  however,  despite  the  opposition. 

1844 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor  elected  Attorney  General  of  Maine.  He 
remained  in  office  until  1848. 

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Sept.  9.  The  licensing  board  was  instructed  to  license  one 
person  in  the  town  to  sell  spirituous  liquors,  the  profits  to  go  to 
the  town,  a  complete  list  of  purchases  to  be  kept,  and  no  credit 
to  be  allowed  anyone. 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Clay  and  Frolinghuysen,  Whig,      256 
Polk  and  Dallas,  Dem.  241 

Maine  was  entitled  to  nine  electoral  votes.  They  were  cast 
for  James  K.  Polk  of  Tennessee  for  President,  and  George  M. 
Dallas  of  Pennsylvania  for  Vice  President,  the  Democratic  candi- 
dates. James  K.  Polk  was  elected  President.  He  received  one 
hundred  and  seventy-nine  electoral  votes,  and  Henry  Clay  of  Ken- 
tucky, Whig,  received  one  hundred  and  five. 

1846 

Isaac  Redington  elected  State  Senator  from  Kennebec  County. 

LIQUOR  LICENSES 

At  the  annual  town  meeting  the  licensing  board  were  instruct- 
ed to  license  two  persons  in  the  east  village,  and  one  person  in  the 
west  village  to  sell  wine,  rum,  brandy,  etc.,  for  medicinal  and 
mechanical  purposes  only.  The  conditions  of  the  license  were  that 
the  profits  should  not  exceed  thirty-three  and  one-third  per  cent, 
and  that  no  liquor  should  be  sold  to  foreigners  or  persons  not 
naturalized. 

1847 

Isaac   Redington  re-elected   State   Senator. 

The  first  number  of  the  Eastern  Mail,  afterwards  known  as  the 
Waterville  Mail,  issued. 

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Samuel  Wells,  lawyer,  who  for  a  number  of  years  had  a  very 
successful  practice  in  Waterville,  appointed  Associate  Justice  of 
the  Supreme  Court  of  Maine,  by  Governor  John  W.  Dana. 

NIGHT  WATCH 

At  a  special  town  meeting  called  January  22,  1847,  it  was 
voted  to  establish  a  night  watch,  "To  consist  of  fourteen  sober, 
temperate,  and  moral  men,  who  shall  be  voters  of  the  town."  It 
was  decided  that  they  should  be  appointed  by  the  Selectmen,  and 
"that  two  in  the  fourteen,  shall  in  rotation,  serve  each  night  during 
the  term." 

TEMPERANCE  COMMITTEE 

The  friends  of  temperance  became  very  active  in  this  year. 
They  were  in  evident  majority.  Instructions  were  given  the 
licensing  board  that  were  even  more  stringent  than  those  previ- 
ously given.  January  22,  they  secured  the  passage  of  a  vote  that 
chose  Joseph  Hill,  William  H.  Pearson,  George  W.  Pressey,  and 
William  C.  Page  as  committee  to  furnish  evidence  to  the  town 
agent  of  all  violation  of  the  law.  The  selectmen  were  instructed 
to  serve  writs  sued  out  by  the  town  agent.  Later  in  the  year  it 
was  voted  to  increase  the  committee  above  mentioned  to  fifteen. 
The  following  persons  were  made  members  of  the  new  committee: 

Johnson  Williams,  Moses  Hanscom,  Enoch  Merrill,  Joseph 
Hill,  Rufus  Nason,  Cyrus  Wheeler,  John  Cornforth,  Jonathan  Hig- 
gins,  John  E.  Philbrick,  William  Golder,  Samuel  Eedington,  Sam- 
uel Scammon,  George  W.  Pressey,  Eusebius  Heald,  William  Lewis. 

1848 

Annual  meeting  of  the  directors  of  the  Androscoggin  and 
Kennebec  Kailroad  Co.  held  at  the  Town  Hall  on  July  4.  The 
following  five  Waterville  gentlemen  were  chosen  on  the  board  of 

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directors:     Timothy  Boutelle,   President,  Jediah   Morrill,  John 
Ware,  Eeuben  B.  Dunn,  and  Wyman  B.  S.  Moor. 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Taylor  and  Filmore,  Whig,  252 

Cass  and  Butler,  Dem.,  158 

Maine  was  entitled  to  nine  electoral  votes.  They  were  cast 
for  Lewis  Cass  of  Michigan  for  President,  and  William  0.  Butler 
of  Kentucky  for  Vice  President,  the  Democratic  candidates.  Zach- 
ary  Taylor  of  Louisiana,  Whig,  was  elected  President,  having  one 
hundred  and  sixty-three  electoral  votes  to  one  hundred  and  twen- 
ty-seven for  Lewis  Cass,  Democrat. 

UNITED  STATES  SENATOR  MOORE 

The  greatest  political  honor  that  was  ever  received  by  a  citi- 
zen of  Waterville  was  the  appointment  of  Hon.  Wyman  B.  S.  Moor 
to  a  seat  in  the  United  States  Senate.  He  was  appointed  by  Gov- 
ernor John  W.  Dana  to  fill  a  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  Hon. 
John  Fairfield  of  Saco.  He  served  his  State  with  distinction  and 
honor.  He  was  a  pronounced  Democrat,  but  although  his  parti- 
san instincts  were  strong,  his  political  career  was  distinguished  as 
that  of  a  fair-minded  and  upright  public  servant.  His  friends 
in  all  parties  were  legion  and  Hon.  Hannibal  Hamlin,  although 
of  opposite  political  belief,  accredited  him  with  being  one  of  the 
most  able  men  of  his  time.  His  career  in  the  Senate  was  brilliant 
and  his  duties  were  performed  with  such  regard  for  care  and  detail 
that  he  won  the  confidence  and  respect  of  his  colleagues,  his  party, 
and  his  government. 

1849 

Edwin  Noyes  elected  a  member  of  the  Maine  Senate. 

Streets  in  Ticonic  Village  in  1849 :  Water,  Front,  Maine,  Sil- 
ver, Elm,  College,  Mill,  Sherwin,  Pleasant,  Cross,  Temple,  Union,. 
Church,  Chaplin,  and  North. 

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On  Nov.  27,  the  first  railroad  train  from  Portland  arrived. 
A  great  crowd  gathered,  bubbling  over  with  enthusiasm,  cannon 
was  fired  and  bells  rung.  A  banquet  was  held  in  the  freight 
house,  followed  by  a  grand  ball  in  the  evening. 


PETITION  FOR  A  NEW  COUNTY 

The  establishment  of  the  railroad,  plans  drawn  for  additions, 
and  rumors  of  proposed  plans,  all  making  the  town  of  Waterville 
their  center,  gave  new  importance  to  the  two  handsome  and  pro- 
gressive villages.  Considerable  capital  had  been  invested  by  local 
business  men  and  the  future  of  Waterville  began  to  appear  very 
bright  indeed.  The  surrounding  towns  also  began  to  feel  a  new 
prosperity  as  the  new  and  better  facilities  to  communicate  with 
the  outside  world  had  benefited  them  materially.  The  whole 
State,  in  fact,  was  steadily  growing  in  population  and  wealth,  deriv- 
ing the  fullest  benefits  from  an  era  of  national  prosperity.  At 
this  time  agitation  had  commenced  favoring  a  new  county  to 
consist  partly  of  towns  in  Kennebec  County  and  partly  in  Som- 
erset County,  with  Waterville  as  the  shire  town.  So  interested 
did  the  citizens  become  in  the  movement  that  a  special  town  meet- 
ing was  called  July  8,  that  was  largely  attended,  and  it  was  voted 
"That  the  town  give  the  use  of  the  town  hall  for  a  Court  House 
and  county  offices,  provided  a  new  county  is  formed  with  Water- 
ville as  shire  town  agreeable  to  a  petition  now  before  the  Legisla- 
ture." 

1850 

Population,  3964. 

Population  Kennebec  County,  57,908. 

Edwin  Noyes  re-elected  member  of  the  Maine  Senate  from 
Kennebec  County. 

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Jan.  16.  Asa  Eedington,  Jr.,  appointed  Heporter  of  Decisions. 
He  edited  volumes  31  to  35  Maine  Reports. 

18 

Pine  Grove  Cemetery  dedicated  June  1. 

March  10.  Samuel  Appleton  and  Isaiah  Marston  appointed 
a  committee  to  purchase  a  farm  with  buildings  for  use  of  the 
town  as  an  alms-house.  It  was  stipulated  that  the  cost  should  not 
exceed  $3000. 

TICONIC  BRIDGE 

March  10.  It  was  voted  "that  the  town  of  Waterville  will 
pay  the  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars  towards  securing  the  sur- 
render of  the  Ticonic  Bridge  to  the  County  of  Kennebec,  to  be 
used  and  supported  by  the  county  as  a  free  bridge,  provided  the 
further  sum  necessary  for  that  purpose  be  raised  by  subscription, 
and  provided  the  county  commissioners  accept  said  bridge  to  be 
used  and  supported  by  the  county.  Voted  that  James  Stackpole, 
Jr.,  Joseph  O.  Pearson,  T.  6.  Kimball,  Alpheus  Lyon,  and  Samuel 
Kimball  be  a  committee  to  petition  the  Legislature  for  the  neces- 
sary powers  to  carry  out  the  above  vote  and  make  the  needful 
arrangements  with  the  County  Commissioners  and  for  procuring 
the  subscription." 

1852 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Pierce  and  King,  Dem.,  235 

Scott  and  Graham,  Whig,  269 

Maine  was  entitled  to  eight  electoral  votes.  They  were  cast 
for  Franklin  Pierce  of  New  Hampshire  for  President  and  Wil- 
liam B.  King  of  Alabama  for  Vice  President,  the  Democratic  can- 

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CHRONOLOGY 

didates.  Franklin  Pierce  was  elected  President.  He  received  two 
hundred  and  fifty-four  votes  in  the  electoral  college  to  forty-two 
for  Winfield  Scott  of  New  York,  the  Whig  candidate. 

1853 

March  14.  The  town  voted  to  dismiss  an  article  in  the  warrant 
favoring  the  division  of  the  town  and  the  formation  of  a  new 
town  to  be  called  "West  Waterville. 

At  the  same  meeting  the  opposition  to  the  Maine  liquor  law 
secured  a  little  satisfaction  when  they  succeeded  in  securing  the 
dismissal  of  an  article  favoring  the  appointment  of  a  committee 
to  assist  in  the  enforcement  of  the  liquor  law. 

TICONIC  COUNTY 

At  a  special  town  meeting  held  January  12,  the  following 
vote  was  passed :  "Voted  that  the  selectmen  be  instructed  to  peti- 
tion the  Legislature  for  the  incorporation  of  a  new  county  to  be 
called  Ticonic  County,  and  to  be  composed  of  Belgrade,  Eome, 
Smithfield,  Fairfield,  Waterville,  Clinton,  Clinton  Gore,  Canaan, 
Burnham,  Unity,  Unity  Plantation,  Pittsfield,  Detroit,  Albion, 
Albion  Gore,  Winslow,  and  Benton,  and  to  establish  the  town  of 
Waterville  as  the  shire  town  thereof."  It  was  further  voted  that 
the  use  of  the  town  hall  be  given  to  the  new  county  and  the 
Selectmen  were  authorizd  to  draw  warrants  for  the  expenses  of  the 
committee,  not  exceeding  two  hundred  dollars.  A  bill  was  report- 
ed in  the  Legislature  favoring  the  new  county,  but  failed  of  a 
passage. 

1854 

Hand  engine  "Waterville  3"  arrived  March  3. 
Stephen  Stark,  member  of  Maine  Senate. 

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Samuel  P.  Shaw,  a  member  of  the  Governor's  Council. 

Feb.  28.  Solyman  Heath  appointed  Reporter  of  Decisions. 
He  edited  Volumes  36  to  40,  Maine  Reports. 

At  the  annual  town  meeting  March  13,  it  was  voted  that  two 
hundred  dollars  be  raised  for  the  purpose  of  enforcing  the  liquor 
law.  It  was  voted  to  dismiss  an  article  "to  see  if  the  town  will  peti- 
tion the  Legislature  for  a  city  charter."  Resolutions,  presented  by 
James  Stackpole,  expressing  the  satisfaction  which  the  stand  by  the 
Senators  of  Maine  in  the  National  Congress,  on  the  question  of  slav- 
ery, in  connection  with  the  organization  and  government  of  the  ter- 
ritories of  Kansas  and  Nebraska,  were  unanimously  adopted. 

THE  RENDITION  OF  BURNS 

The  rumblings  of  the  civil  national  strife  that  for  years  had 
been  vibrating  through  the  country,  finding  its  outlet  through  the 
slavery  question,  were  becoming  more  and  more  distinct.  Inter- 
est in  public  matters  was  bordering  upon  excitement.  Events 
of  tremendous  importance  were  following  closely  one  upon  the 
other.  The  affairs  of  the  nation  were  being  closely  watched.  The 
foreboding  days  preceding  the  great  civil  war  were  at  hand.  The 
Whig  party  had  practically  lost  its  organization  through  the  ever- 
increasing  popularity  and  growth  of  the  new  Republican  party. 
Political  lines  were  fast  changing  and  everything  that  was  possible 
seemed  to  combine  to  destroy  all  efforts  to  prevent  national  dis- 
ruption. Patriotism  and  loyalty  to  the  country  were  uppermost  in 
the  thoughts  of  all.  The  fugitive  slave  act  was  not  in  accord  with 
the  views  of  the  citizens  of  Waterville,  and  when  Burns  was  re- 
manded into  slavery  by  the  authorities  at  Boston,  they  voiced 
their  protests  with  one  accord. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  notices  that  were  posted  about  the 
town  on  June  3: 

The  undersigned,  not  doubting  the  full  sympathy  of  the  citi- 
zens of  Waterville  in  the  fate  of  Burns,  recently  remanded  into 

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slavery  in  the  city  of  Boston,  take  the  liberty  of  calling  a  public 
meeting  in  the  town  hall  -at  three  o'clock  this  afternoon  to  see  if 
they  will  have  the  bells  tolled  in  token  of  their  sympathy,  and  also 
take  any  other  measures  in  regard  to  the  case. 

J.  T.  Champlin,  J.  R.  Elden,  J.  H.  Drummond,  Moses  Hans- 
corn,  T.  Boutelle,  F.  Kimball. 

The  meeting  was  largely  attended,  addresses  were  made,  reso- 
lutions of  sympathy  adopted,  and  it  was  voted  that  the  bells  of 
the  city  be  tolled  for  one  hour.  The  vote  was  carried  into  effect 
immediately  upon  adjournment.  The  town,  like  thousands  of 
others,  had  taken  its  first  step  that  led  to  the  condition  of  affairs 
that  were  not  settled  until  Lee  surrendered  his  sword  at  Appomat- 
tox. 

1855 

Ticonic  bridge  damaged  by  freshet. 

July  30.     Portland  and  Kennebec  Eailroad  opened  to  Bangor. 

March  12.  It  was  voted  that  the  burying  ground  near  the 
academy  lot,  (Monument  Park),  known  as  the  "old  burying 
ground,"  be  closed  against  any  further  interments,  and  that  the 
sexton  be  instructed  to  act  accordingly. 


GOVERNOR  WELLS 

State  vote  for  Governor: 

Whole  vote, 

110,447 

Anson  P.  Morrill,  Rep., 

51,441 

Samuel  Wells,  Dem., 

48,341 

Isaac  Reid,  Whig, 

10,610 

Scattering, 

81 

There  was  no  choice  for  Governor  by  the  people  and  the  Leg- 
islature that  convened  at  Augusta,  January  2,  1856,  elected  Sam- 

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uel  Wells,  Governor.  Gov.  Wells  for  a  time,  commencing  in  1825, 
was  a  resident  of  Waterville,  and  was  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
law.    The  town  voted: 

Anson  P.  Morrill,  Bep.,  439 

Samuel  Wells,  Dem.,  237 

Isaac  Eeid,  Whig,  30 

1856 

Thomas  W.  Herrick  elected  State  Senator  from  Kennebec 
County. 

September.  Samuel  Wells,  who  was  again  nominated  for 
Governor  by  the  Democratic  party  was  defeated  by  Hannibal  Ham- 
lin, the  Sepublican  candidate. 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Fremont  and  Dayton,  Rep.,  515 

Buchanan  and  Breckenridge,  Dem.,  138 
Filmore  and  Donelson,  American,    15 

Maine  was  entitled  to  eight  electoral  votes.  They  were  cast 
for  John  C.  Fremont  of  California  for  President,  and  William  L. 
Dayton  of  New  Jersey  for  Vice  President,  they  being  the  candi- 
dates of  the  Republican  party.  James  Buchanan  of  Pennsylvania, 
Democrat,  was  elected  President. 

1857 

Thomas  W.  Herrick  re-elected  State  Senator. 

1858 

Josiah  H.  Drummond  elected  Speaker  of  the  Maine  House 
of  Representatives. 

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PROHIBITION 

The  temperance  question  again  came  before  the  people  for 
action  in  this  year.  An  act  entitled,  "An  act  to  restrain  and  reg- 
ulate the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors,  and  to  prohibit  and  sup- 
press drinking  houses  and  tippling  shops,"  that  was  approved 
April  7,  1856,  that  the  people  pleased  to  call  a  "license  law,"  also 
an  act  approved  March  12,  1858,  "for  the  suppression  of  drinking 
houses  and  tippling  shops." 

At  a  meeting  held  June  7,  called  for  the  purpose  of  giving 
the  voters  an  opportunity  to  express  their  choice  of  the  two  acts, 
the  following  vote  is  recorded: 

For  the  prohibitory  law  of   1858,  292 

For  the  license  law  of  1856,  18 

1859 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor  appointed  Consul  General  to  the  British 
Provinces  by  President  Buchanan. 

June  13.  A  vote  was  taken  on  "an  act  to  aid  the  Aroostook 
railroad,"  with  the  following  result: 

In  favor,  123 

Opposed,  62 

EXEMPTION   FROM   TAXATION   OF   MANUFACTURING 
ESTABLISHMENTS 

June  13,  1859.  Voted,  that  we  assent  to  exemption  from  tax- 
ation in  this  town  such  manufacturing  establishments  hereafter 
erected  in  this  town  by  individuals  or  by  incorporated  companies 
for  the  manufacture  of  fabrics  of  cotton  or  wool,  or  of  both  cot- 
ton and  wool,  and  all  the  machinery  and  capital  used  for  operating 
the  same,  together  with  all  such  machinery  hereafter  put  into 

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buildings  already  erected,  but  not  now  occupied,  and  all  the  cap- 
ital used  for  operating  the  same,  under  and  in  accordance  with  the 
"act  to  encourage  manufacturers"  approved  April  1,  1859. 

1860 

Population,  4392. 
Polls,  1870. 
Estates,  $1,348,330. 
Kennebec  County,  55,655. 

Josiah  H.  Drummond,  member  of  the  Maine  Senate. 

John  Ware,  Sr.,  was  a  candidate  for  Presidential  elector  on 
the  Bell  and  Everett  ticket. 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESff)ENT 

Lincoln  and  Hamlin,  Rep.,  504 

Douglass  and  Johnson,  Dem.,  149 

Breckenridge  and  Lane,  Dem.,  7 

Bell  and  Everett,  Union,  30 

At  the  annual  town  meeting  held  March  12,  articles  in  the  war- 
rant were  dismissed,  favoring  the  purchase  of  a  fire  engine  for  the 
west  village,  favoring  the  assumption  of  the  debt  of  the  Ticonic 
Village  Corporation,  and  one  relative  to  a  city  charter.  It  was 
voted  to  prosecute  all  violators  of  the  liquor  law. 

THE  BIG  FIRE  OF  1859 

At  the  annual  town  meeting,  March  12,  the  Selectmen  were 
instructed  to  abate  any  portion  of  the  taxes  due  from  W.  &  W. 
Getchell  and  David  Moor,  assessed  on  the  mills  or  other  property 
that  were  burned  on  the  night  of  Aug.  20,  1859,  that  in  their 
judgment,  was  just  and  proper. 

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CHRONOLOGY 

1861 

Charles  R.  McFadden  appointed  postmaster  by  President  Lin- 
coln. He  continued  in  the  service  of  the  government  in  this  capac- 
ity until  1879. 

THE  CIVIL  WAR 

It  would  not  be  within  the  province  of  a  book  of  this  char- 
acter to  attempt  to  give  even  an  outline  of  the  causes  that  led  to 
the  firing  of  the  shot  on  Port  Sumter  on  that  fatal  April  morn- 
ing in  1861,  that  aroused  the  nation  from  ocean  to  ocean.  Neither 
would  it  be  within  the  province  of  this  compilation  of  municipal 
affairs  to  record  the  events  of  a  disastrous  civil  war.  To  even 
attempt  to  enumerate  the  acts  of  loyalty  and  patriotism  on  the 
part  of  the  loyal  citizens  of  this  city,  would  necessitate  a  volume 
of  its  own. 

To  attempt  to  picture  the  scenes  in  the  old  town  when  the 
news  was  flashed  over  the  wire  that  hostilities  had  actually  com- 
menced, or  those  attending  the  opening  of  two  recruiting  offices, 
the  drilling  of  the  men,  the  call  of  the  bugle  and  the  roll  of  the 
drum,  or  to  record  the  scenes  in  the  old  town  hall  when  a  public 
meeting,  presided  over  by  Joshua  Nye,  which  was  attended  by 
every  man,  woman,  and  child  who  could  possibly  be  there,  would 
certainly  be  beyond  the  object  of  this  work. 

Let  it  be  sufficient  to  record  that  Waterville  furnished  its  full 
quota  of  men,  brave  and  true,  many  of  them  receiving  commis- 
sions, others  content  to  fight  for  their  country  in  the  ranks.  The 
government  of  the  town  supported  the  soldiers  loyally  and  the 
patriotism  of  the  men  who  remained  at  home  and  bore  the  finan- 
cial burdens,  although  not  memorialized  in  song  and  history,  con- 
tributed as  much  toward  the  final  result  as  those  who  bore  the 
arms. 

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Affairs  were  as  carefully  managed  as  the  attendant  circum- 
stances would  permit,  the  needy  and  dependent  were  sufficiently 
cared  for.  Large  sums  of  money  were  raised  for  the  various  needs 
and  requirements,  both  by  the  municipality  and  individuals.  The 
various  independent  and  ladies'  societies  each  contributed  gener- 
ously and  cheerfully.  The  town  and  State  records  have  been  care- 
fully examined  and  extracts  from  them  will,  as  far  as  they  relate 
to  the  question  of  municipal  expenditures,  etc.,  be  found  in  the 
following  pages. 

1862 

MUNICIPAL  WAR  EXPENSES 

On  March  10,  the  town  appropriated  seven  hundred  dollars 
for  the  support  of  families  of  soldiers  already  in  the  army.  On 
July  25,  in  answer  to  President  Lincoln's  call  for  three  hundred 
thousand  men,  a  special  town  meeting  was  called  to  provide  ways 
and  means  by  which  the  number  of  men  required  by  the  govern- 
ment from  the  town  could  be  raised.  An  enlistment  committee 
was  chosen,  consisting  of  the  following  persons:  Joshua  Nye, 
Joshua  C.  Bartlett,  A.  W.  Lewis,  James  P.  Hill,  John  F.  Libby, 
John  M.  Libby,  John  W.  Hubbard,  W.  A.  Stevens,  George  Milli- 
ken,  Charles  R.  McFadden,  George  H.  Atkins,  George  A.  Dingley, 
and  Asa  B.  Clifford. 

Forty-seven  men  were  required  to  fill  the  quota,  and  the  Select- 
men were  authorized  and  instructed  to  hire  on  the  credit  of  the 
town,  forty-seven  hundred  dollars  for  the  purpose  of  paying  each 
volunteer  under  the  call  for  men,  and  they  were  further  instructed 
to  pay  each  volunteer  one  hundred  dollars  when  he  shall  be  mus- 
tered into  the  service  of  the  United  States.  One  thousand  dol- 
lars was  also  appropriated  for  the  support  of  the  families  of  soldiers 
in  the  army,  in  addition  to  that  raised  at  the  March  meeting. 

The  forty-seven  hundred  dollars  required  was  raised  by  notes, 
as  follows:    Waterville  Bank,  $1700;  Ticonic  Bank,  $1600;  Adam 

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CHRONOLOGY 

Wilson,  $400;  William  P.  Blake,  $1000.     Interest  was  placed  at 
six  per  cent. 

The  second  call  for  men  in  this  year  necessitated  the  calling 
of  another  special  meeting  on  Aug.  29  to  arrange  for  the  enlist- 
ment of  fifty-two  men  to  fill  the  quota  required.  An  enlistment 
committee  was  appointed,  and  the  Selectmen  were  instructed  to 
raise  fifty-two  hundred  dollars,  to  be  employed  in  paying  the 
volunteers  in  the  same  manner  as  provided  at  the  July  meeting. 
$4000  was  secured  at  the  Waterville  Bank,  and  $1300  at  the  Ticonic 
Bank.    Interest  six  per  cent. 

A  total  of  $9900  was  paid  out  for  bounties  this  year, 
and  thirty-nine  families  were  assisted.  There  were  one  hundred 
and  eighteen  people  in  the  families  and  $1394.60  was  expended. 

1863 

Dennis  L.  Milliken,  State  Senator  from  Kennebec  County. 

On  Aug.  6,  a  special  town  meeting  was  called  to  make  arrange- 
ments for  the  enlistment  and  to  raise  the  necessary  funds  for  the 
purpose  of  filling  the  quota  required  under  a  call  for  more  men 
at  the  front.  It  was  voted  to  fill  the  quota,  if  possible,  and  to 
raise  ninety-three  hundred  dollars  for  the  purpose.  It  was  voted 
to  pay  each  man  drafted  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dol- 
lars who  shall  be  mustered  into  the  service,  and  one  hundred  dol- 
lars to  those  who  should  furnish  an  acceptable  substitute,  provided 
that  no  greater  sum  shall  be  paid  than  is  actually  paid  to  the 
substitute. 

On  Oct.  16,  President  Lincoln  issued  a  call  for  three  hundred 
thousand  more  men.  On  Nov.  16,  the  town  voted  to  raise  ten 
thousand  dollars  to  be  used  for  enlistment  purposes,  and  that  two 
hundred  dollars  be  paid  to  each  volunteer. 

In  this  year  $8926  was  paid  out  for  bounties.  Fifty-three  fam- 
ilies required  aid,  consisting  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-one  people. 
For  this  purpose  $2338.80  was  expended. 

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1864 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

City:              Lincoln  and  Johnson,  Rep.,  508 

McLellan  and  Pendleton,  Dem.,  184 

County:          Lincoln  and  Johnson,  6,803 

McClellan  and  Pendleton,  3,347 

State :             Lincoln  and  Johnson,  67,805 

McLellan  and  Pendleton,  46,988 

Notwithstanding  the  burdens  of  taxation  and  the  large  Bums 
required  for  the  purpose  of  the  war,  the  men  at  home  did  not 
allow  the  interests  of  the  town  itself  to  suffer  or  to  relax  in  their 
energy  to  look  after  its  future  welfare.  At  the  annual  town  meet- 
ing, held  March  7,  they  voted  to  raise  four  thousand  dollars  to  make 
free  that  part  of  Ticonic  bridge,  that  lies  within  the  town  of 
Waterville,  provided  that  a  sufficient  sum  be  raised  from  other 
sources,  to  make  the  whole  bridge  free  within  one  year.  They 
further  voted  that  all  capital  over  two  thousand  dollars,  in  each 
case,  employed  in  erecting  mills  and  machinery  for  the  manufac- 
ture of  woolen  goods  after  this  date  should  be  exempted  from  tax- 
ation for  the  term  of  ten  years  from  the  date  of  the  passage  of 
this  resolve. 

APPROPRIATIONS  FOR  WAR  PURPOSES 

On  Aug.  20,  a  meeting  was  held  to  provide  the  necessary 
number  of  men  required  under  President  Lincoln's  call  of  July 
18  for  five  hundred  thousand  men.  The  Selectmen  were  instructed  to 
raise  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  to  be  used  in  securing  enlistments, 
and  it  was  voted  to  pay  volunteers  for  three  years,  five  hundred  dol- 
lars ;  two  years,  four  hundred  dollars ;  one  year,  three  hundred  dol- 
lars. Substitutes  to  receive  the  same  amounts  and  drafted  men  to 
receive  four  hundred  dollars. 

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At  the  same  meeting,  by  a  vote  of  527  to  3,  the  citizens  ex- 
pressed themselves  in  favor  of  an  amendment  to  the  constitution 
that  would  allow  soldiers  in  the  field  to  vote.  On  Dec.  31,  the 
Selectmen  were  elected  recruiting  officers  to  enlist  an  additional 
number  of  men  required  under  the  call  of  Dec.  19,  for  three  hun- 
dred thousand  men,  and  it  was  further  voted  that  the  same  boun- 
ties be  paid  as  were  authorized  at  the  meeting  of  Aug.  20. 

1865 

W.  A.  P.  Dillingham,  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives. 

Efforts  were  continued  at  the  town  meetings  during  the  year 
to  make  Ticonic  bridge  free  to  the  public. 

CLOSE  OF  THE  WAR 

This  year  witnessed  the  close  of  the  war.  Waterville  received 
the  news  of  the  surrender  of  Lee  with  unbounded  enthusiasm. 
Preparations  were  immediately  commenced  with  the  same  vigor  to 
promote  its  drooping  industrial  interests  as  five  years  before  had 
been  shown  in  its  efforts  to  assist  its  country  in  its  time  of  need. 
Its  sympathy  was  as  deep  as  its  patriotism.  The  wounded  and 
sick  were  cared  for.  The  widows  and  orphans  given  substantial 
aid.  It  seems  a  fitting  tribute  to  municipal  benevolence  to  record 
«  vote  taken  at  the  annual  town  meeting  held  March  13,  1865, 
viz :  "Voted  that  the  Old  Burying  Ground  lot  in  Ticonic  Village 
be  assigned  to  the  use  of  the  Soldiers*  Monument  Association." 

There  stands  on  the  spot  today  a  beautiful  monument  dedi- 
cated to  the  soldiers  and  sailors  who  lost  their  lives  for  their 
country's  honor. 

In  1864  and  1865  the  town  paid  out  for  bounties  $45,790.  In 
the  same  years  the  town  paid  out  for  volunteers  $1200,  and  for 

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substitutes  $2200,  making  a  total  paid  out  for  bounties  during 
the  whole  war  of  $68,016.  In  1863,  from  a  draft,  eight  men  from 
the  town  of  Waterville  paid  computation  of  $300  each  or  $2400, 
viz :  Eeuel  Ellis,  Horace  G.  Smiley,  Joseph  Stevens,  Josiah  Good- 
win, Richard  J.  Barry,  Elbridge  B.  Randall,  Theophilus  HolmeB, 
and  Seldon  Holmes.  In  1864  the  amount  of  aid  furnished  to  fam- 
ilies was  $4281.95.  In  1865  it  was  $2219.07.  Seventy  families 
of  two  hundred  and  one  members  were  assisted  in  1864,  and  fifty- 
three  families  of  one  hundred  and  sixty-two  people  in  1865.  The 
total  amount  paid  during  the  war  for  this  purpose  was  $10,234.42. 
In  the  following  table  will  be  found  the  moneys,  hospital  stores, 
etc.,  contributed  in  Waterville,  reduced  and  entered  as  money 
value: 

IT.  S.  Sanitary  Commission, 

U.  S.  Christian  Commission, 

Soldiers  in  Camps, 

General  Hospitals  in  loyal  States, 

Regimental  hospitals  and  individuals, 

New  York,  Philadelphia,  Boston,  etc., 

$3350  00 

Prom  a  certificate  filed  by  the  municipal  officers  of  the  town 
with  the  commissioners  on  equalization  of  municipal  war  debt, 
appointed  by  the  Governor  and  Council  of  the  State  of  Maine  in 
1868  to  audit  the  claims  of  cities,  towns,  and  plantations  for 
reimbursement,  it  appears  that  Waterville  furnished  one  hundred 
and  seventy-one  three  years'  men,  one  two  years'  man,  fifty  one 
year's  men,  and  forty-two  nine  months'  men,  making  a  total  of 
two  hundred  and  sixty-four  men. 

This  certificate  shows  that  Waterville  paid  out  for  bounties 
$63,925,  and  was  reimbursed  by  the  State  in  1868  the  sum  of 
$19,883.33  1-3. 

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$400  00 

1500  00 

600  00 

300  00 

350  00 

200  00 

CHRONOLOGY 

From  figures  given  out  at  the  office  of  the  Adjutant  General 
the  following  interesting  information  is  secured  relative  to  the 
cost  of  the  Civil  War  to  the  State  of  Maine,  in  matter  of  dollars 
and  cents.  The  statistics  are  compiled  by  Capt.  Thomas  Clark, 
clerk  in  the  office,  for  the  use  of  the  government  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  and  some  time  was  required  in  reaching  the  final  result. 
The  State  of  Maine  paid  out  in  bounties  to  men  serving  during 
the  Civil  War,  and  in  subsequent  claims  the  sum  of  $4,660,738. 
The  amount  paid  in  bounties  by  415  cities,  towns,  and  plantations 
of  the  State  to  the  soldiers  enlisting  in  the  Civil  War,  as  shown 
by  the  returns  made  to  the  office  of  the  Adjutant  General  in  pur- 
suance to  an  order  of  the  Legislature  and  published  in  the  Adju- 
tant General's  report  for  the  years  1864  and  1865,  was 
$9,695,320.95. 

There  was  also  paid  out  by  the  several  cities,  towns,  and  plan- 
tations of  the  State,  as  aid  to  the  families  of  soldiers  during  the 
Civil  War,  the  sum  of  $1,945,961.77.  There  were  drafted  in 
1863  an  aggregate  of  1937  men  who  paid  to  the  several  provost 
marshals  a  computation  of  $300  each,  which  amounted  to 
$581,100.  The  total  amount  paid  out  by  the  State,  cities,  towns, 
and  plantations  on  account  of  the  men  serving  in  the  Civil  War 
was  $16,883,120.70. 

1866 

On  February  6,  "The  Ticonic  Water  Power  and  Manufactur- 
ing Company"  was  chartered  by  the  Maine  Legislature.  The  first 
board  of  directors  were,  Solyman  Heath,  George  A.  Phillips, 
James  Drummond  and  John  P.  Eichardson.  The  first  meeting 
was  held  at  the  office  of  Solyman  Heath.  Everett  R.  Drummond 
was  elected  clerk  and  George  A.  Phillips,  Treasurer.  The  Lock- 
wood  dam  built  this  year. 

1867 

Name  of  Waterville  College  changed  to  Colby  University. 

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MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

June  3.  The  cause  of  temperance  had  not  suffered  during 
the  period  covered  by  the  war.  Its  friends  were  still  active,  for 
by  a  vote  of  226  to  12  the  town  voted  in  favor  of  an  act  "addi- 
tional and  amendatory  of  chapter  thirty-three  of  the  laws  of  1858 
for  the  suppression  of  drinking  houses  and  tippling  shops"  that 
provided  for  more  stringent  legislation  for  the  government  of  the 
traffic. 

1868 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Grant  and  Colfax,  Rep.,  608 

Seymour  and  Blair,  Dem.,  194 

John  Ware,  Sr.,  was  a  candidate  for  elector  on  the  Democratic 
ticket. 

Dennis  L.  Milliken  was  elected  a  Presidential  elector  on  the 
Republican  ticket. 

Edwin  P.  Blaisdell,  Representative  to  the  Legislature,  mem- 
ber of  the  committee  on  Mercantile  Affairs  and  Insurance. 

Kennebec  county  entitled  to  thirteen  members  of  the  House 
of  Representatives,  one  from  Waterville. 

1869 

March  8.  The  sum  of  two  thousand  dollars  was  raised  to  be 
equally  divided  between  the  two  soldiers'  monument  associations 
of  the  two  villages.  It  was  specified  at  the  meeting  that  the  names 
of  all  the  Waterville  soldiers  who  died  in  the  service  or  by  reason 
of  disease  contracted,  or  wounds  received  in  the  service  of  the 
United  States,  be  inscribed  on  both  monuments. 

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A  TROUBLESOME  FRESHET 

Heavy  fall  rains  caused  the  Kennebec  to  rise  to  freshet  pitch, 
carrying  away  Ticonic  bridge  on  Oct.  5.  Considerable  other  dam- 
age was  done,  but  the  most  serious  was  the  effect  upon  the  town 
itself.  Its  disturbing  consequences  were  of  greater  magnitude  than 
were  ever  dreamed  of.  For  years  strong  efforts  had  been  made  to 
have  the  county  purchase  the  bridge  and  make  it  free  to  all  travel, 
the  loss  of  the  bridge  at  this  time  presented  a  favorable  oppor- 
tunity for  those  in  favor  of  such  a  course  to  press  their  claims. 
The  result  was  one  of  the  most  bitter  contests  in  municipal  affairs 
in  the  history  of  the  town.  In  the  meantime,  those  who  favored 
the  division  of  the  town  and  setting  off  the  town  of  West  Water- 
ville  also  saw  their  opportunity  by  taking  advantage  of  the  finan- 
ical  situation,  and  agitation  commenced  immediately  that  was  prac- 
tically the  cause  of  the  success  of  the  movement  a  few  years  later. 

GENERAL  FRANKLIN  SMITH 

General  Franklin  Smith  of  Waterville  was  nominated  by  the 
Democratic  party  as  its  candidate  for  Governor. 

General  Smith  had  long  been  identified  with  Democratic  poli- 
tics, having  represented  Kennebec  County  in  the  Maine  Senate 
and  serving  several  terms  in  the  Governor's  Council.  The  party 
which  he  had  the  honor  to  represent  was  in  a  hopeless  minority 
and  he  was  defeated  as  he  had  every  reason  to  believe  that  he 
would  be,  so  that  the  result  was  in  no  way  a  disappointment  to  him- 
self or  his  friends.  Following  is  his  letter  of  acceptance  of  the 
nomination : 

Waterville,  Me.,  July  16,  1869. 
Hon.  C.  P.  Kimball,  President  of  the  Democratic  State  Convention. 
Sir: — Your  official  notice  of  my  nomination  as  the  Demo- 
cratic candidate  for  the  office  of  Governor  of  this  State  by  the 
recent  Democratic  State  Convention,  is  received. 

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I  accept  the  nomination  with  less  reluctance,  because  having 
been  made  without  any  solicitation  on  my  part,  I  am  relieved 
from  any  responsibility  for  it. 

I  have  examined  the  resolutions  passed  by  the  Convention 
and  find  nothing  in  them  to  object  to.  I  have  also  recurred  to 
the  resolutions  of  the  Democratic  State  Convention  of  1868,  which 
express  more  in  detail  what  I  understand  to  be  the  issues  pre- 
sented by  the  Democratic  party  to  the  people  of  the  State.  I  can- 
not doubt  that  if  the  principles  thus  announced  should  prevail  in 
the  councils  of  the  State  and  Nation,  they  would  impart  a  new 
energy  to  the  Capital  and  Industry  of  the  Country,  nor  can  I 
doubt  that  the  disregard  of  those  principles  by  the  party  in  power, 
has  had  an  unfavorable  effect  upon  all  the  regular  business  inter- 
ests of  the  Country. 

It  should  not  dishearten  us,  if  we  do  not  triumph  this  year. 
The  fact  that  we  are  in  minority  makes  it  more  necessary  to 
keep  our  counsels  before  the  Country.  If  they  are  truths  as  we 
believe  they  are,  they  cannot  but  have  a  reforming  influence,  and 
enable  us  to  check,  if  we  cannot  wholly  prevent  unwise  and  un- 
constitutional legislation. 

The  questions  in  issue  between  the  respective  parties,  are  be- 
fore the  people.  It  will  be  their  detriment,  if  in  the  coming  elec- 
tions they  do  not  decide  them  rightly. 

I  thank  the  Convention  for  the  honor  of  the  nomination  and 
yourself  especially  for  kind  expressions  of  your  letter. 

FRANKLIN  SMITH 

The  election  on  Sept.  13,  resulted  as  follows: 
In  the  State: 

Joshua  L.  Chamberlain,  Eep.,     51,314 
Franklin  Smith,  Dem.,  39,033 

Scattering,  4,735 

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In  the  County: 

Joshua  L.  Chamberlain,  Rep.,  4,987 

Franklin  Smith,  Dem.,  3,127 

Scattering,  769 

In  the  town : 

Joshua  L.  Chamberlain,  Rep.,  289 

Franklin  Smith,  Dem.,  205 

Nathan  G.  Hichborn,  Dem.,  159 

Republican  majority  in  the  State,  7,546. 
Republican  plurality,  11,281. 

1870 

Population,  4852. 

Polls,  901. 

Estates,  $1,904,017. 

Population  Kennebec  County,  53,223. 

Reuben  Foster  elected  Speaker  of  the  Maine  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives. 

TICONIC  BRIDGE 

By  special  act  of  the  Legislature,  approved  by  Governor  Cham- 
berlain January  21,  1870,  the  County  Commissioners  were  author- 
ized to  build  a  free  bridge  across  the  Kennebec  river  between  the 
towns  of  Waterville  and  Winslow  and  it  was  provided  that  the 
expense  of  building  and  maintaining  the  bridge  should  be  imposed 
upon  the  towns  of  Waterville  and  Winslow.  Those  who  had  been 
the  supporters  of  a  free  bridge  at  the  county's  expense  were  bit- 
terly disappointed.  At  a  meeting  held  January  22,  the  day  fol- 
lowing the  approval  of  the  act  by  the  Governor,  it  was  voted  to 
instruct  the  selectmen  and  town  agent  to  remonstrate  against  the 
enactment  of  the  law  requiring  the  towns  to  build  and  maintain 

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the  bridge  or  a  county  road  as  established  and  laid  out  by  the 
County  Commissioners.  By  a  vote  of  255  in  favor  to  141  opposed, 
the  selectmen,  Solyman  Heath  and  E.  P.  Blanchard  were  chosen 
a  committee  to  present  resolutions  to  the  Legislature  asking  that 
the  towns  of  Winslow  and  Waterville  might  be  authorized  by  law 
to  take  and  hold  an  assignment  of  the  charter  stock  and  remaining 
property  and  right  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Ticonic  bridge  and  to 
hold  and  enjoy  the  same  during  the  term  of  said  charter  with 
authority  to  erect  a  new  toll  bridge  with  the  same  rates  for  pass- 
ing and  transportation  as  allowed  in  the  old  charter.  The  funds 
to  be  used  first  to  pay  the  semi-annual  interest,  second,  to  pay 
repairs  and  expenses  and  third,  to  establish  a  sinking  fund  with 
which  to  pay  the  principal. 

The  petition  was  ignored  by  the  Legislature  and  preparations 
were  made  to  build  the  bridge.  At  the  annual  meeting  held 
March  14,  the  selectmen  were  instructed  to  "meet  the  County  Com- 
missioners on  the  15th  inst.,  with  the  best  counsel  that  can  be 
obtained,  and  show  cause  why  the  public  necessity  does  not  require 
the  building  of  the  bridge."  Dennis  L.  Milliken  and  others  who 
had  petitioned  the  Legislature  for  the  enactment  of  the  law  op- 
posed the  motion,  however.  The  selectmen  were  further  instruct- 
ed in  case  the  County  Commissioners  granted  the  petition  of  Den- 
nis L.  Milliken,  and  others  for  a  free  bridge,  to  protest  in  the 
name  of  the  town  against  further  action  until  a  decision  could  be 
obtained  from  the  Supreme  Court  in  regard  to  the  legality  of  the 
act.  These  instructions  failed  to  bring  forth  any  material  results. 
In  the  meantime  a  syndicate  of  Waterville  men  was  building  the 
bridge.  The  Court  had  been  asked  to  grant  a  writ  of  prohibi- 
tion, but  it  was  declined. 

On  June  18,  a  special  meeting  was  called  to  vote  on  the 
following  question:  "To  see  if  the  town  will  authorize  the  select- 
men or  choose  a  special  committee  to  act  in  conjunction  with  the 
selectmen  of  Winslow  to  build  as  laid  out  by  the  County  Com- 
missioners of  Kennebec  county,  and  to  raise  money  for  the  same." 

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CHRONOLOGY 

Eight  hundred  and  forty-seven  ballots  were  cast  for  moderator. 
Solyman  Heath,  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  opposition  to  the  bridge, 
received  428  and  Eldridge  L.  Getchell  419.  The  excitement  was 
intense,  as  can  be  judged  by  the  vote  for  moderator  which  fairly 
chronicles  the  strength  of  each  faction  and  to  the  fact  that  about 
three  hundred  more  votes  had  been  cast  than  in  the  gubernatorial 
election  the  year  previous.  A  motion  was  made  to  dismiss  the 
article  and  the  moderator  declared  the  vote  passed,  but  amid  tre- 
mendous confusion  the  vote  was  doubted.  The  moderator  being 
unable  to  make  the  vote  certain  the  meeting  was  adjourned  to  the 
common.  The  same  condition  presented  itself  here  and  the  mod- 
erator declared  to  the  town  clerk  that  a  vote  had  been  passed  ad- 
journing to  the  "grove"  on  the  plains.  Here  the  check  list  was 
used  that  had  been  used  at  the  previous  Presidential  election,  but 
consternation  reigned  in  the  ranks  of  those  favoring  the  building 
of  the  bridge  when  it  was  found  that  the  opposition  had  "YES" 
ballots  all  printed  to  be  used  in  the  vote  for  dismissing  the  article. 
Great  confusion  prevailed  and  the  voting  was  done  rapidly  and 
before  "NO"  ballots  could  be  provided  the  article  was  declared 
dismissed  by  a  vote  of  389  YES  to  15  NO.  Notwithstanding  the 
opposition,  the  bridge  was  built  and  opened  to  travel  Dee.  1,  1870. 
The  cost  was  $32,000,  and  at  a  special  town  meeting  held  Janu- 
ary 24,  1872,  the  selectmen  were  authorized  to  raise  by  loan 
$26,000,  to  pay  the  town's  proportionate  part  of  the  cost  of  build- 
ing the  bridge. 

1871 

Reuben  Foster  elected  a  member  of  the  Maine  Senate. 

At  the  annual  town  meeting,  March  13,  an  article  appeared  in 
the  warrant  to  see  if  the  town  would  vote  to  sell  the  town  hall 
and  apply  the  proceeds  to  the  town  debt.  The  article  was  dis- 
missed. An  article  was  also  dismissed  relative  to  a  division  of 
the  town  and  one  regarding  the  purchase  of  a  fire  engine  for  the 
west  village. 

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1872 

Eeuben  Foster  elected  President  of  the  Maine  Senate. 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Grant  and  Wilson,  Eep.,  524 

Greeley  and  Brown,  Dem.,  197 

FISHWAY  RESOLUTIONS 

At  a  special  meeting  held  January  24,  it  was  voted  that  any 
property  invested  in  the  town  of  Waterville  in  the  manufacturing 
of  wool  or  cotton  be  exempt  from  taxation  for  the  term  of  ten . 
years. 

At  the  same  meeting  it  was  voted  to  instruct  the  Eepresenta- 
tive  and  request  the  Senators  to  procure  the  passage  of  an  act 
enforcing  the  immediate  construction  of  suitable  fishways  by  and 
over  the  Augusta  dam  and  any  other  dams  in  Kennebec  river 
which  are  so  constructed  and  of  such  height  as  to  materially  im- 
pede the  passage  of  salmon,  shad  and  alewives  up  said  river  and 
to  procure  the  repeal  of  any  acts  or  parts  of  acts  authorizing  any 
delay  in  making  such  fishways. 

1873 

Edmund  F.  Webb  elected  Speaker  of  the  Maine  House  of 
Representatives. 

Joshua  Nye  appointed  State  Insurance  Commissioner. 

Plans  accepted  for  a  mill  of  33,000  spindles  by  the  Lockwood 
Company. 

May  10.  Voted  that  the  town  exempt  from  taxation,  for  a 
term  of  ten  years,  a  lot  of  land  not  exceeding  two  acres  on  which 
the  Waterville  Hotel  Company  may  erect  a  hotel  and  stables,  such 
exemption  not  to  commence  until  a  hotel  is  erected. 

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DIVISION  OF  THE  TOWN 

One  of  the  most  important  events  in  the  history  of  the  city 
was  that  of  the  division  of  the  town  in  1873  and  the  erection  of 
a  new  town  by  the  name  of  West  Waterville.  The  opposition  of 
each  village  to  improvements  in  the  other,  the  distance  between 
the  towns  and  the  expense  of  building  and  maintenance  of  an  ex- 
pensive bridge  which  was  claimed  to  be  of  no  immediate  benefit 
to  the  west  village,  were  the  principal  arguments  used  before  the 
legislative  committee  and  with  success.  Governor  Perham  ap- 
proved the  act  of  incorporation  February  26. 

At  the  annual  town  meeting  held  March  10,  the  selectmen  and 
town  agent  were  elected  a  committee  to  arrange  for  a  settlement 
of  the  affairs  between  the  two  towns  and  to  act  in  conjunction  with 
the  committee  appointed  upon  the  part  of  the  citizens  of  West 
Waterville,  and  the  commission  appointed  by  the  Supreme  Court 
as  provided  in  the  act  of  incorporation. 

The  selectmen  of  Waterville  were  Reuben  Foster,  Winthrop 
Morrill  and  Noah  Boothby.  The. selectmen  of  West  Waterville  were 
A.  P.  Benjamin,  John  M.  Libby  and  George  Rice.  On  March  25, 
Judge  J.  G.  Dickerson  of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  appointed 
Anson  P.  Morrill  of  Readfield,  Henry  K.  Baker  of  Hallowell  and 
Samuel  Titcomb  of  Augusta  a  commission  to  appraise  and  deter- 
mine the  division  of  property  belonging  to  the  towns. 

The  following  property  was  appraised  and  assigned  to  V/aterville : 


Town  farm  and  buildings, 

$4600  00 

Town  wood  lot, 

1700  00 

Town  hall  and  lot, 

3500  00 

Old  cemetery,  (Monument  Park), 

3800  00 

Personal  property  including  stock,  etc., 

at  the  town 

farm  and  a  safe 

11532  59 

Cash  in  hand  of  liquor  agent, 

580  06 

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Cash  in  hand  of  C.  H.  Eedington,  treasurer  of  Water- 

ville,  $      174  53 

Seven-tenths  of  the  pound  and  lot,  35  00 

Interest  on  proportion  of  old  town  debt,  295  72 

Property  appraised  and  assigned  to  West  Waterville : 
Old  pound  and  lot,  50  00 

Three-tenths  of  all  property,  personal  and  real,  ap- 
praised and  awarded  to  Waterville,  4796  15 
Account  Ticonic  bridge,  5000  00 
Three-tenths  of  $3000,  in  the  hands  of  William  McCart- 
ney, former  town  treasurer,  900  00 

The  commission  found  the  town  debt  of  Waterville,  on  the 
date  of  the  division  to  amount  to  $60,239.52  and  they  determined 
that  West  Waterville  should  pay  to  Waterville  three-tenths  of  the 
amount,  or  $18,071.25.  The  tools  that  were  in  possession  of  the 
towns  on  the  date  of  the  division  were  retained  by  them.  The 
commission  finally  determined  that  the  town  of  West  Waterville 
should  pay  to  the  town  of  Waterville,  in  full  satisfaction  for  the 
balance  of  all  demands  and  claims  passed  upon  by  them,  the  sum 
of  seven  thousand  seven  hundred  and  six  dollars  and  forty-two  cents. 
An  equitable  division  of  the  town's  poor  was  made.  The  report 
was  signed  by  the  selectmen  of  both  towns  and  the  members  of  the 
commission,  forwarded  to  the  Court  and  approved  January  1,  1874. 

Following  is  a  financial  summary: 

Due  Waterville  account  old  debt,  $18,071  85 

Due  Waterville  account  old  pound,  35  00 

Due  Waterville  account  interest,  295  72 


Due  West  Waterville  account  real  and  personal 

property, 
Due  West  Waterville  account  free  bridge, 

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$18,402  57 

4,796  15 
5,000  00 

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Due  WeBt  Waterville  account  cash  on  hand,  $      900  00 

Cash  paid  to  town  of  Waterville  as  per  town  order  to 

balance  account,  7,706  42 


$18,402  57 

1874 

Edmund  F.  Webb  elected  a  member  of  the  State  Senate  from 
Kennebec  County. 

March  9.  Selectmen  authorized  and  instructed  to  purchase 
the  real  estate,  fire  apparatus  and  all  other  property  of  the  Ticonic 
Village  Corporation  for  a  sum  not  exceeding  six  thousand  dollars 
and  to  procure  a  loan  for  the  purpose. 

School  agents  were  empowered  to  employ  school  teachers. 
This  duty  had  previously  been  attended  to  by  the  superintending 
school  committee. 

EXEMPTION  OF  TAXES--LOCKWOOD  COMPANY 

Apr.  14.  Special  town  meeting.  "Voted  to  exempt  from  tax- 
ation the  manufacturing  establishment  or  establishments,  hereafter 
to  be  erected  in  this  town  by  the  Lockwood  Cotton  Mills,  and  all 
machinery  and  capital  used  by  said  company  for  operating  the  same 
for  a  period  of  ten  years  from  this  date. 

1875 

Edmund  F.  Webb  elected  President  of  the  Maine  Senate. 

On  April  9,  the  real  estate  and  water  rights  of  the  Ticonic 
Water  Power  and  Manufacturing  Company  were  transferred  to  the 
Lockwood  Company  for  the  consideration  of  one  hundred  and  twen- 
ty-five thousand  dollars  in  the  stock  of  the  latter  company. 

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At  the  annual  town  meeting,  March  8,  the  selectmen,  Moses 
C.  Foster  and  C.  E.  McFadden  were  chosen  a  committee  to  consider 
the  building  of  a  new  town  hall  and  were  instructed  to  report  at  a 
special  town  meeting.  At  a  meeting  called  for  the  purpose  the 
committee  recommended  the  enlargement  of  the  old  hall  at  an  ex- 
pense of  not  more  than  five  thousand  dollars.  A  vote  was  passed 
to  that  effect  and  a  committee  composed  of  Reuben  Foster,  Win- 
tijrop  Morrill,  Charles  H.  Redington,  Moses  C.  Foster  and  C.  R. 
McFadden  was  chosen  to  superintend  the  expenditure  and  repairs. 

1876 

The  soldiers'  monument  dedicated  May  30. 

First  cloth  woven  at  the  Lockwood  mill  in  February. 

Joshua  Nye,  a  commissioner  from  the  State  of  Maine  to  the 
Centennial  celebration  at  Philadelphia. 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Hayes  and  Wheeler,  Rep.,  475 

Tilden  and  Hendricks,  Dem.,  357 

March  13.  Voted  to  change  the  name  of  Mill  street  to  South 
street;  Noyes  street  to  Boutelle  avenue  and  Cross  street  to  King 
street. 

At  a  special  town  meeting  held  April  1,  the  school  district  sys- 
tem of  governing  the  public  schools  was  abolished. 

At  a  special  meeting  held  April  15,  it  was  voted  "to  enlarge 
the  South  Brick  School  Building  suitable  for  a  free  high  school." 
The  selectmen  were  authorized  to  raise  five  thousand  dollars  by  loan 
for  the  purpose,  and  Charles  H.  Redington,  Martin  Blaisdell,  W. 
B.  Arnold,  M.  C.  Foster,  J.  D.  Hayes,  J.  G.  Soule  and  C.  K.  Mat- 
thews were  chosen  a  committee  to  superintend  the  work. 

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PRESIDENT  HAYES 

The  elevation  of  Kutherford  B.  Hayes  to  the  Presidency  of 
the  United  States  has  never  been  regarded  as  one  of  the  usual 
popular  results  of  our  national  elections.  There  were  many  charges 
and  counter  charges  of  irregularity  and  fraud  in  several  of  the 
States,  and  the  entire  issue  was  fought  out  again  in  Congress.  The 
outcome  was  an  electoral  commission  which  was  composed  of  five 
members  of  the  supreme  court,  five  members  of  the  Senate  and  five 
members  of  the  House  of  Representatives.  The  body  as  politically 
constituted  numbered  eight  Republicans  and  seven  Democrats.  All 
the  electoral  votes  from  the  contested  States  were  submitted,  with 
the  evidence  in  each  case,  to  this  electoral  commission  which  by  a 
partisan  vote  of  eight  to  seven,  would  submit  its  findings  to  the 
Congress  for  final  decision.  It  was  ultimately  determined  that 
Mr.  Hayes,  the  Republican  candidate  had  received  183  electoral 
votes  in  the  different  States,  and  Samuel  J.  Tilden  of  New  York, 
the  Democratic  candidate  had  received  but  182  votes. 

This  fortunate  settlement  of  what  threatened  many  times  to 
become  a  very  serious  trouble  was  reached  on  March  1. 

The  oath  of  office  was  privately  administered  on  Saturday  even- 
ing, March  3,  in  Mrs.  Grant's  private  reception  parlor. 

So  precarious  was  the  general  situation  at  Washington,  that 
President  Hayes  was  guarded  as  carefully  as  was  Lincoln  in  the 
critical  time  of  March,  1861. 

1877 

Edmund  F.  Webb,  County  Attorney  of  Kennebec  County.  He 
continued  in  office  during  the  years  1878  and  1879. 

March  12.  The  name  of  South  street  changed  back  to  Mill 
street. 

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Six  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  appropriated  for  the  purpose  of 
lighting  the  streets. 

Eight  hundred  dollars  appropriated,  to  be  expended  under  the 
supervision  of  the  superintending  school  committee,  to  purchase 
text-books  to  be  used  in  the  public  schools. 

Special  meeting  April  28.  Selectmen  instructed  to  abate  so 
much  of  the  tax  assessed  upon  the  Lockwood  Company  for  the  year 
1876  as  exceeds  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  and  the  assessors  to 
assess  the  Lockwood  Company  for  the  year  1877  on  a  valuation  not 
to  exceed  one  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

1878 

At  the  annual  town  meeting,  March  11,  occurred  an  exciting 
contest  for  the  election  of  selectmen. 

The  meeting  was  called  to  order  at  10  A.  M.  After  electing 
Eeuben  Foster,  moderator,  it  was  voted  that  the  polls  be  kept  open 
until  7  P.  M.  John  Ware,  R.  W.  Dunn,  W.  B.  Arnold  and  Noah 
Boothby  were  chosen  a  committee  to  challenge  voters.  The  check 
list  was  used.  The  first  vote  taken  was  for  first  selectman  and 
resulted  in  no  choice  as  follows: 


E.  R.  Drummond, 

1 

Noah  Boothby, 

3 

I.  S.  Bangs, 

69 

C.  R.  McFadden, 

115 

C.  K.  Matthews, 

199 

C.  H.  Redington, 

236 

After  the  vote  had  been  announced  it  was  voted  to  adjourn  un- 
til "Wednesday,  March  13.  The  records  do  not  show  the  vote  in 
detail  of  the  Wednesday  meeting,  but  show  that  C.  K.  Matthews 
was  the  successful  candidate  for  first  selectman  and  that  two  bal- 

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lots  were  necessary  for  third  selectman,  L.  Eugene  Thayer  being 
elected. 

Special  meeting,  May  11.  Eules  and  by-laws  were  adopted 
governing  the  fire  department.  Frederick  C.  Thayer  was  elected 
Chief  Engineer ;  Henry  G.  Tozier,  First  Assistant  Engineer ;  Josiah 
D.  Hayden,  Second  Assistant  Engineer. 

BILL  OF  SALE  TICONIC  VILLAGE  CORPORATION 

Personal  Property. 

Waterville,  Maine,  May  11,  1878. 
Town  of  Waterville. 

To  Ticonic  Village  Corporation,  Dr. 

To  fire  engine  "Ticonic"  and  hose  carriage, 

To  six  rubber  coats  in  "Ticonic"  engine  house, 

To  three  stoves  in  "Ticonic"  engine  house, 

To  three  pes.  suction  hose  in  "Ticonic"  engine  house, 

To  fire  engine  "Waterville"  and  hose  cart, 

To  six  rubber  coats  in  "Waterville"  engine  house, 

To  1400  feet  leather  hose, 

To  1000  feet  rubber  hose, 

To  two  stoves, 

To  one  stove, 

To  two  iron  pumps, 

To  Hook  and  Ladder  with  all  apparatus  belonging  there 

To  "Ticonic  No.  1"  hose  carriage  and  400  feet  hose, 

Total,  $4109  00 

Eeceived  of  the  town  of  Waterville,  forty  one  hundred  and  nine 
dollars  in  payment  of  the  above. 

C.  E.  McFADDEN, 
Supervisor  of  Ticonic  Village  Corporation. 

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10 

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800 

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24 

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700 

00 

650 

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12 

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3 

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4 

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a   725 

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150 

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MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

1879 

Simon  S.  Brown  elected  a  member  of  the  Governor's  council. 
Benjamin  Bunker  elected  Pension  Clerk  by  the  Legislature. 

Sept.  8.  Vote  favoring  a  constitutional  amendment  providing 
for  biennial  elections  of  State  and  county  officers,  Yes,  521,  No,  2. 

Willard  M.  Dunn,  appointed  postmaster  by  President  Hayes 
in  April,  1879.  It  is  an  interesting  fact,  that  there  were  but  two 
Republican  postmasters  in  Waterville  from  1860  until  1906,  a 
period  of  46  years,  which  speaks  well  for  the  political  patriotism 
and  business  ability  of  the  gentleman  selected. 

1880 

Population,  4672. 

Polls,  1042. 

Estates,  $2,612,496. 

Population  Kennebec  County,  53,061. 

Municipal  court  established.  Horace  W.  Stewart  appointed 
Judge  by  the  Governor. 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Garfield  and  Arthur,  Rep.,  618 

Hancock  and  English,  Dem.,  332 

Simon  S.  Brown,  a  delegate  from  the  third  Congressional  dis- 
trict to  the  Democratic  National  Convention. 

Vote  on  a  constitutional  amendment,  Sept.  13,  providing  that  a 
plurality  of  the  votes  cast  for  State  and  county  officers,  instead  of 
a  majority  vote  as  heretofore,  should  elect.  438  votes  were  cast, 
409  in  favor  and  29  opposed. 

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March  15.  A  sum  not  to  exceed  five  hundred  dollars  was 
appropriated  and  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  selectmen  to  employ  a 
suitable  engineer  to  make  a  survey  and  plan  of  the  village  in  ref- 
erence to  a  proper  system  of  drainage. 

Work  commenced  on  the  Lockwood  Company  mill  number  two. 
The  completion  of  this  factory  marked  a  business  epoch  in  the 
town.  Since  that  event  transpired  the  growth  of  the  city  has  been 
rapid.  The  two  mills  joined  in  such  a  manner,  although  two  sep- 
arate buildings,  are  practically  one.  They  are  large,  nicely  lighted 
and  splendidly  equipped.  A  fine  grade  of  cotton  sheeting  is  manu- 
factured. Fifteen  thousand  bales  of  cotton  are  used  annually, 
weighing  approximately  seven  million,  five  hundred  thousand 
pounds.  Twelve  hundred  hands  are  employed,  and  fifteen  hundred 
tons  of  coal  are  consumed  each  year.  William  H.  K.  Abbott  is  the 
present  agent.  He  is  one  of  the  best  informed  cotton  mill  men  in 
America,  and  a  most  successful  and  efficient  manager. 

At  Chicago  Sept.  1,  1869,  a  national  prohibition  party  was 
organized.  Unsuccessful  attempts  had  been  made  to  organize  the 
party  in  Maine,  but  at  Ellsworth,  June  1,  1880,  an  organization 
was  finally  perfected  and  William  P.  Joy  nominated  for  Governor. 
This  organization,  however,  was  not  satisfactory  to  a  portion  of  the 
temperance  people  of  the  State,  and  at  a  convention  held  at  Port- 
land, Aug.  19,  Joshua  Nye  of  Waterville  was  nominated  for  Gover- 
nor as  a  candidate  of  the  Temperance  party.  He  received  309  votes 
in  the  State,  67  in  Kennebec  County,  none  of  which  were  thrown 
in  Waterville. 

1881 

March  14.  Voted  that  the  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars  be 
raised  and  appropriated  for  a  night  school,  to  be  expended  under 
the  supervision  of  the  superintending  school  committee. 

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1882 

WATERVILLE  WATER  COMPANY 

The  necessity  of  establishing  a  system  of  water  works  to  fur- 
nish water  for  public  and  private  uses  was  the  cause  of  serious  dis- 
cussion. March  16, 1881,  the  Legislature  had  granted  a  charter  to 
the  Waterville  Water  Company  to  lay  pipes,  furnish  water,  etc.,  in 
the  town  of  Waterville.  The  only  action  on  the  water  question, 
however,  taken  in  this  year  on  the  part  of  the  town  was  to  make 
arrangements  with  the  Lockwood  Company  for  a  limited  hydrant 
service. 

1883 

Legislature  passed  an  act  incorporating  the  City  of  Waterville, 
February  28,  1883. 

William  T.  Haines,  County  Attorney  of  Kennebec  County, 
continued  in  office  until  1887. 

The  name  of  the  town  of  West  Waterville  changed  to  Oak- 
land, March  10. 

March  12,  1883,  the  town  voted  to  accept  a  legacy  of  five  thou- 
sand dollars  from  the  estate  of  William  H.  Arnold  "under  the  terms 
and  stipulations  of  the  will  relating  to  the  bequest."  It  was  pro- 
vided that  the  town  should  set  the  amount  received  apart  as  a  sep- 
arate and  distinct  fund,  the  principal  not  to  be  expended  but  to 
be  kept  safely  invested  in  good  securities  and  the  interest  to  be 
applied  annually  for  the  uses  of  Pine  Grove  Cemetery,  after  a  suffi- 
cient sum  had  been  used  to  properly  care  for  the  lots  of  the  doner 
and  that  of  his  father. 

TICONIC  BRIDGE 

Business  had  increased  to  such  an  extent  and  the  employment 
of  heavier  and  more  modern  vehicles  for  transportation  purposes 
having  come  into  general  use,  the  wooden  bridge  that  had  been 

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built  thirteen  years  before,  was  found  to  be  unsafe  for  public  travel. 
At  a  special  meeting  held  Sept.  8,  a  committee  was  appointed  to 
inspect  the  bridge,  and  they  recommended  that  immediate  steps  be 
taken  to  rebuild  and  that  temporary  repairs  should  be  made  at  once. 
It  was  voted  to  make  the  temporary  repairs. 

1884 

P.  E.  Heath,  member  of  the  State  Senate. 

Simon  S.  Brown,  a  delegate  from  Maine  to  the  Democratic 
National  Convention. 

Charles  E.  McFadden  elected  sheriff  of  Kennebec  County. 

S.  S.  Brown  elected  chairman  of  the  Democratic  State  Commit- 
tee. 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Blaine  and  Logan,  Eep.,  619 

Cleveland  and  Hendricks,  Dem.,       416 

CITY  CHARTER 

At  a  special  meeting  held  March  29,  the  town  voted  on 
the  following  question,  "To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  accept  an 
act  of  the  Legislature  approved  February  28,  1883,  entitled  'an 
act  to  incorporate  the  City  of  Waterville.' " 

The  check  lists  were  used.     The  following  is  the  result : 


Whole  number  of  votes, 

567 

In  favor, 

223 

Opposed, 

344 

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THE  PROHIBITORY  LAW 

Sept.  8.  Question,  "Shall  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of 
Maine  be  amended,  as  proposed  by  resolve  of  the  Legislature,  ap- 
proved on  the  twenty-first  day  of  February  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  eighty-three,  to  wit :  Amendment, 
'The  manufacture  of  intoxicating  liquors  not  including  cider,  and 
the  sale  and  keeping  for  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors,  are  and  shall 
be  forever  prohibited.  Except,  however,  that  the  sale  and  keep- 
ing for  sale  of  such  liquors  for  medicinal  and  mechanical  purposes 
and  the  arts,  and  the  sale  and  keeping  for  sale  of  cider  may  be 
permitted  under  such  regulations  as  the  Legislature  may  provide. 
The  Legislature  shall  enact  laws  with  suitable  penalties  for  the  sup- 
pression of  the  manufacture,  sale  and  keeping  for  sale  of  intoxicat- 
ing liquors,  with  the  exceptions  herein  specified.  Shall  the  Con- 
stitution be  amended  so  as  to  prohibit  forever  the  manufacture, 
sale  and  keeping  for  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  as  provided  by  said 
amendment?  Those  in  favor  will  vote  'Yes,'  and  those  opposed 
'No'  upon  their  ballots/  " 

The  yote  cast  in  Waterville  was: 

Yes,  563 

No,  238 

TICONIC  BRIDGE 

March  11.  The  selectmen,  Nathaniel  Meader,  Charles  E. 
Mitchell,  and  George  Jewell,  with  Stephen  I.  Abbott  and  John 
Ware  were  elected  a  committee  "to  determine  when  and  what  kind 
of  a  bridge  be  built  in  place  of  Ticonic  bridge,"  and  were  instruct- 
ed to  report  at  a  subsequent  town  meeting. 

April  12.  Upon  recommendation  of  the  committee  the  town 
"Voted  that  the  town  of  Waterville,  the  town  of  Winslow  concur- 
ring, proceed  to  the  erection  of  an  iron  bridge,  with  the  necessary 
stone  work  and  earth  filling  across  the  Kennebec  river,  between 

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the  towns  of  Waterville  and  Winslow,  in  place  of  the  present  Ti- 
conic  bridge,  so  called,  during  the  summer  or  fall  of  the  present 
year,  as  soon  as  the  state  of  the  water  will  permit."  Nathaniel 
Meader,  Charles  E.  Mitchell,  George  Jewell,  Stephen  I.  Abbott, 
and  John  Ware  were  appointed  a  building  committee.  The  select- 
men were  authorized  to  issue  bonds,  with  interest  coupons  at- 
tached, not  exceeding  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  at  a  rate  of  in- 
terest not  exceeding  four  per  cent  payable  semi-annually. 

Mr.  J.  E.  Smith  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  who  had  been  recom- 
mended by  Mr.  Lord,  President  of  the  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad 
Company  as  a  competent  bridge  engineer,  together  with  Mr.  D. 
A.  Booker  and  Mr.  Allen  Colby  of  Brunswick,  experienced  bridge 
builders  for  the  Maine  Central  Railroad  Company,  made  extensive 
examinations  of  the  bridge  and  piers.  Mr.  Smith  made  many  rec- 
ommendations and  furnished  estimates  as  to  the  cost  of  building. 

At  a  special  meeting  held  Aug.  9,  the  building  committee  re- 
ported that  they  "had  made  no  movement  toward  building  the 
bridge  on  account  of  the  want  of  concurrence  on  the  part  of  the 
town  of  Winslow."  This  difficulty,  however,  was  overcome  two 
days  later,  Aug.  11,  when  the  citizens  of  Winslow,  assembled  in 
special  town  meeting  agreed  to  build  the  bridge  in  conjunction 
with  the  town  of  Waterville,  "the  cost  of  erection,  repairing  and 
maintaining  the  same  in  the  future,  to  be  borne  by  said  towns  in 
proportion  to  the  respective  State  valuations  of  1880  and  subse- 
quent State  valuations." 

Arrangements  for  building  the  bridge  were  made  at  once  after 
the  above  action  had  been  taken  by  the  town  of  Winslow.  Mr. 
John  E.  Cheney,  of  Boston,  an  iron  bridge  engineer,  was  engaged 
as  consulting  engineer.  Coyfrode  and  Taylor  of  Philadelphia  were 
awarded  the  contract  to  build  the  bridge.  Col.  I.  S.  Bangs  of 
Waterville  contracted  to  do  the  stone  work,  the  masonry  was  done 
under  the  supervision  and  direction  of  Mr.  John  Bell  of  Deering, 

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with  the  exception  of  the  west  abutment,  which  was  done  by  Mr.  S. 
H.  Leighton  of  Brunswick. 

The  bridge  is  five  hundred  and  fifty  feet  long  between  abut- 
ments, has  a  driveway  eighteen  feet  wide,  a  sidewalk  on  each  side 
five  feet  wide.  The  grade  is  four  and  three-fifths  feet  higher  than 
the  old  bridge.  The  total  cost  was  $36,863.46.  The  work  had  been 
sufficiently  completed  so  that  the  bridge  was  opened  for  travel 
March  17,  1885. 

1885 

March  3.  Town  voted  against  the  adoption  of  the  City  Char- 
ter by  a  vote  of  394  to  337. 

March  16.  New  streets  accepted:  Seavey,  Oakland,  Green, 
Beach,  and  Water. 

Frank  L.  Thayer  was  appointed  postmaster  by  President 
Cleveland  in  August. 

1886 

Charles  E.  McFadden  re-elected  sheriff  of  Kennebec  County. 

March  15.  Voted  to  dismiss  an  article  in  the  warrant  to  see 
if  the  town  would  change  the  name  of  Mill    street  to  Pearl  street. 

March  4.  "To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  accept  the  act  of  the 
Legislature  approved  February  twenty-eighth,  A.  D.  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  eight-three  entitled,  'An  act  to  incorporate  the  city  of 
Waterville'  and  acts  amendatory  thereto." 

The  vote :  Yes,  265 ;  No,  344. 

ELECTRIC  LIGHTS 

March  15.  "Voted  that  the  Waterville  Light  and  Power  Com- 
pany be  permitted,  so  far  as  the  town  has  the  right,  to  set  poles 
in  the  streets  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  wires  for  arc  and  incan- 

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descent  lighting.  The  kind  of  poles  and  location  of  same  to  be 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  selectmen,  and  provided  that  said 
Company  shall  upon  request  of  the  selectmen,  take  down  and  re- 
move within  reasonable  time  any  one  or  more  of  said  poles. 

EXEMPTION  FROM  TAXATION  OF  MAINE  CENTRAL  RAILROAD 
LOCOMOTIVE  AND  REPAIR  SHOPS 

February  13.  "Voted,  by  the  citizens  of  Waterville  having  in 
general  meeting  legally  assembled,  that  for  the  purpose  of  taxing 
the  property  of  said  Maine  Central  Eailroad  Company,  the  total 
valuation  of  the  machine  and  repair  shops  of  said  company  to  be 
erected  in  Waterville,  prior  to  January  first,  A.  D.  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  eighty-eight,  and  machinery  pertaining  to  the  same  be 
fixed  at  one  thousand  dollars  for  the  taxable  year  of  1887,  and 
kept  at  one  thousand  dollars  for  twenty  years  from  and  after  the 
first  day  of  April  A.  D.  1887. 

"Provided,  however,  that  this  vote  shall  not  be  construed  as 
affecting  or  touching  the  valuation  and  taxation  of  dwelling  houses 
or  any  other  real  or  personal  property  of  said  railroad  company 
in  said  town  of  Waterville,  except  as  above  described,  and,  pro- 
vided also  that  if  the  town  of  Waterville  by  reason  of  a  general 
valuation  taken  by  the  State  of  Maine,  during  said  period  of 
twenty  years,  shall  be  required  to  pay  State  and  county  taxes  (upon 
the  property,  the  valuation  of  which  is  herein  fixed  at  one  thou- 
sand dollars),  in  excess  of  the  sum  required  to  be  paid  on  said  one 
thousand  dollars,  such  excess  of  State  and  County  taxes  is  to  be 
paid  by  said  Maine  Central  Eailroad  Company." 

Voted :  "That  the  selectmen  and  assessors  of  the  town  of  Wa- 
terville be  requested  to  take  all  necessary  steps  to  carry  into  effect 
the  foregoing  vote  passed  by  this  meeting." 

May  21. — Special  meeting  "Voted  that  the  town  authorize  and 
instruct  the  selectmen  to  pay  to  the  Maine  Central  Eailroad  Com- 

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pany,  in  consideration  that  said  company  shall  obligate  itself  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  selectmen,  to  build  said  company's  locomo- 
tive and  car  repair  shops  in  said  town,  the  sum  of  seventy-five 
hundred  dollars  or  such  part  thereof  as  said  selectmen  may  find 
necessary  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  said  company  in  purchasing 
land  east  of  said  company's  railroad  track  in  said  town,  and 
owned  a  part  by  H.  H.  Campbell,  a  part  by  Horace  Purinton,  a 
part  by  Frazier  Gilman,  a  part  by  A.  Healey  &  Sons,  trustees  of 
Theophilus  Gilman,  and  a  part  by  others.  Said  land  being  situ- 
ated northerly  of  land  of  said  company  and  to  raise  and  appro- 
priate therefor  a  sum  of  money  by  transferring  the  same  from 
money  already  raised  and  appropriated  by  said  town  for  the  pay- 
ment of  the  miscellaneous  account,  and  for  the  payment  of  the 
account  for  the  repairs  of  roads  and  bridges  or  some  other  ac- 
count." 

An  account  of  the  expenditures  and  receipts  in  connection 
with  the  purchase  of  the  land  required  for  the  Maine  Central 
Railroad  Company's  purposes,  was  presented  by  Mr.  John  Ware, 
and  is  recorded  on  page  63,  Vol.  4,  of  the  Waterville  town  records. 

It  shows  the  total  expenditures  to  have  been  $12,646,  $6000 
of  which  was  received  from  the  town  of  Waterville,  $3320  from 
individual  subscriptions,  and  $457  from  the  sale  of  houses  that 
were  on  the  land.  The  balance,  amounting  to  $2869,  was  advanced 
by  Mr.  Ware,  but  was  refunded  to  him  by  the  Maine  Central  Rail- 
road Company  "in  consideration  of  the  Company's  agreement  to 
allow  a  fair  and  reasonable  amount  towards  the  purchase  of  house- 
lots  and  houses  located  within  the  required  premises." 

WATERVILLE  WATER  COMPANY 

The  following  articles  appeared  in  a  warrant  calling  for  a 
town  meeting  to  be  holden  January  23,  1886.  Article  2.  "To  see 
if  the  town  will  by  vote  contract  with  the  Waterville  Water  Com- 
pany, or  through  said  Company,  with  Parks  &  Wheeler  of  Boston, 

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to  take  fifty  hydrants  for  the  term  of  twenty  years  from  the  time 
the  water  works  are  completed  and  the  town  supplied  with  water,  at 
a  rent  of  fifty  dollars  per  annum  for  each  hydrant  to  the  num- 
ber of  fifty;  and  a  rent  of  forty- five  dollars  per  annum  for  each 
hydrant  the  town  may  at  any  time  choose  to  take  in  excess  of 
fifty." 

Article  3.  "To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  assume  the  char- 
ter of  the  Waterville  Water  Company,  and  erect  the  necessary 
works  to  supply  the  inhabitants  of  Waterville  with  pure  water,  and 
raise  the  necessary  amount  of  money  therefor,  or  take  any  action 
thereon." 

Under  Article  Two  it  was  voted  not  to  contract  with  any  party 
or  parties  mentioned  in  the  article. 

Under  Article  Three  it  was  voted  that  a  committee  of  seven 
be  chosen  by  the  chairman,  one  of  which  shall  be  the  town  agent, 
who  shall  make  a  full  investigation  into  the  matter  contained  in 
the  article,  both  as  to  the  right  of  the  town  to  assume  the  char- 
ter and  the  advisability  of  assuming  the  same,  "and  all  other  ques- 
tions they  think  may  bear  upon  the  subject." 

Eeuben  Foster,  Moses  Lyford,  F.  A.  Waldron,  Simon  S. 
Brown,  William  T.  Haines,  George  E.  Shores,  and  C.  G.  Carlton 
were  appointed  as  the  committee. 

At  a  special  meeting  held  February  13,  it  was  voted,  upon 
the  recommendation  of  the  committee  appointed,  that  the  char- 
ter be  assumed  by  the  town  and  a  committee  composed  of  Moses 
C.  Foster,  N.  G.  H.  Pulsifer,  George  E.  Shores,  C.  G.  Carlton,  and 
Charles  H.  Redington  was  appointed  to  investigate  as  to  the  best 
methods  for  carrying  out  the  purposes  contemplated  by  the  char- 
ter. The  committee  was  instructed  to  report  at  a  future  meeting 
to  be  called  for  the  purpose. 

On  February  20,  seven  days  later,  the  town  voted  to  recon- 
sider the  vote  taken  February  13,  and  voted  to  accept  a  proposi- 

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lion  in  which  it  was  stated,  that  the  Waterville  Water  Company 
having  organized  under  the  provision  of  its  charter  granted  by  the 
Legislature  March  16,  1881,  should  introduce  into  Waterville  an 
adequate  supply  of  pure  water  for  the  extinguishment  of  fires 
and  J'oi  domestic,  manufacturing,  and  other  purposes.  It  further 
stated  that  the  water  should  be  taken  from  Snow  Pond  in  Oak- 
land and  be  delivered  through  fourteen  inch  pipes  from  Snow 
Pond  to  Pleasant  street,  then  graded  in  size  so  as  to  meet  the  ra- 
qnirements  of  the  different  streets.  No  hyirant  should  be  con- 
nected with  less  than  a  six-inch  pipe,  and  that  the  rates  for  the 
use  of  water  for  private  uses  should  not  exceed  those  charged  at 
Gardiner,  Maine,  at  the  time  the  vote  was  taken.  It  was  agreed 
that  after  the  expiration  of  ten  years  from  the  day  on  which  the 
water  wrs  first  supplied,  the  company  should  either  from  that 
time  and  forever  after,  furnish  free  of  cost  to  the  town  water  for 
all  the  town's  fire  hydrants,  or  should  give  the  town  option  of 
buying  the  works  at  that  time.  It  was  further  agreed  that  the 
workb  should  be  finished  by  December  31,  1887. 

In  the  meantime  the  citizens  of  Oakland  were  making  stren- 
uous objection  to  the  water  being  taken  from  Snow  Pond.  At 
their  annual  town  meeting  held  March  8,  the  resolution  included 
in  the  following  newspaper  account  received  a  unanimous  passage : 

"In  view  of  the  fact  that  Waterville  is  rapidly  growing  and 
soon  to  attain  ten  times  its  present  population  and  needs,  the 
following  motion  was  unanimously  carried,  and  a  committee  con- 
sisting of  John  Ayer,  Luther  Emerson,  Samuel  Blaisdell,  and  A. 
J.  Libby  were  chosen  to  assist  the  selectmen  in  fighting  this  move- 
ment and  to  raise  money  necessary  for  the  purpose.  'This  town 
does  hereby  earnestly  and  emphatically  protest  against  the  taking 
of  any  water  from  Snow  Pond  by  the  Waterville  Water  Company, 
and  that  the  selectmen  be  instructed  to  use  every  legitimate  way 
and  means  within  their  power  to  prevent  the  consummation  of  the 
subtile,  underhand,  and  wicked  scheme  of  said  Water  Company  -to 
rob  the  people  of  this  town  of  their  vested  rights  and  property.'  " 

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1887 

Paris,  Pine,  Redington,  and  Dalton  streets,  and  Redington 
Court  were  accepted  by  the  town  March  14. 

At  the  same  meeting  a  committee  of  five  was  chosen  to  act 
in  conjunction  with  the  superintending  school  committee  to  con- 
sider the  matter  of  building  a  new  schoolhouse  on  the  "North 
Brick  schoolhouse  lot  for  the  accommodation  of  a  grammar  and 
intermediate  school."  Upon  April  15,  upon  recommendation  of 
the  committee  appointed  for  that  purpose  it  was  voted  to  erect  on 
the  North  Brick  lot  an  eight-room  brick  schoolhouse  at  a  cost  not 
exceeding  twelve  thousand  dollars  when  completed. 

THE  KENNEBEC  DEMOCRAT 

The  first  issue  of  the  famous  Kennebec  Democrat  appeared 
February  2,  1887,  and  its  publication  was  continued  until  the 
death  of  its  noted  editor,  Benjamin  Bunker,  March  8,  1894.  The 
paper  was  pronounced  in  its  independence,  so  much  so  that  many 
prominent  citizens  dreaded  the  "next  issue."  The  caustic  com- 
ments of  the  editor  were  illustrated  with  wood  cuts — good  ones — 
made  by  Mr.  Bunker  himself  with  a  jack  knife  and  a  small  chisel. 
The  paper  was  supposed  to  be  "Democratic  seven  days  in  the  week," 
and  lived  up  to  the  idea  as  far  as  Mr.  Bunker's  idea  of  democ- 
racy went  and  no  further.  All  opposed  to  that  idea  met  their 
fate  in  the  really  marvelous  wood  cuts.  The  likeness  of  people 
caricatured  was  almost  perfect,  the  humor  expressed  was  irresist- 
ible, appreciated  by  everyone,  enjoyed  by  many,  but  very  distaste- 
ful to  the  few  who  had  brought  upon  themselves  the  ire  of  the 
editor.  Copies  of  the  paper  are  prized  possessions  of  a  number 
of  citizens. 

AN  EXCITING  TOWN  MEETING 

One  of  the  most,  if  not  the  most,  important  election,  from 
a  political  point  of  view,  ever  held  in  the  town  was  that  for  the 

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election  of  selectmen  and  other  town  officers  on  March  14.  It 
happened  that  they  were  the  last  board  to  be  elected  before  the 
adoption  of  the  city  charter.  Many  claim  that  the  election  of  a 
Democratic  board  of  selectmen  this  year  was  one  of  the  primary 
reasons  that  permitted  that  party  to  control  the  city  government 
for  a  number  of  years  after  the  adoption  of  the  charter.  Mr. 
Charles  H.  Redington  had  been  elected  moderator.  The  supreme 
test  came  on  the  vote  for  first  selectman  with  the  following  result : 

Whole  number  of  votes,  717 

Necessary  for  a  choice,  359 

H.  W.  Stewart,  1 

Stephen  I.  Abbott,  357 

C.  H.  Redington,  1 

Charles  H.  Redington,  358 
The  records  read: 

"And  Moderator  Charles  H.  Redington  understanding  that 
the  vote  for  C.  H.  Redington  was  meant  for  Charles  H.  Reding- 
ton, he  declared  that  Charles  H.  Redington  had  three  hundred 
and  fifty-nine  votes  and  was  elected  by  ballot  and  a  majority  vote 
for  selectman  of  said  town." 

Fred  Pooler  and  Howard  C.  Morse  were  chosen  the  other  two 
selectmen. 

WATERVILLE  WATER  COMPANY 

At  the  annual  town  meeting  held  March  14,  it  was  voted  that 
a  committee  of  five  be  appointed  to  which  was  referred  the  ques- 
tion as  to  whether  the  town  would  make  a  contract  with  the  Wa- 
terville  Water  Company  to  supply  the  town  with  water.  The  fol- 
lowing gentlemen  were  appointed,  Edwin  Noyes,  N.  R.  Boutelle, 
C.  K.  Matthews,  J.  P.  Gray,  and  Frank  L.  Thayer. 

Commencing  March  22  a  number  of  meetings  were  held  by 
the  town  in  relation  to  a  water  supply.     A  new  charter  had  been 

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granted  the  Water  Company  providing  that  they  should  take  the 
water  from  Messalonskee  Stream  instead  of  Snow  Pond  as  first 
proposed ;  this  was  especially  gratifying  to  the  citizens  of  Oakland, 
and  it  has  been  intimated  that  the  directors  of  the  company  were 
a  little  pleased  also;  the  cost  of  laying  a  fourteen  inch  pipe  from 
Oakland  to  Pleasant  street  did  not  have  very  much  attractiveness 
at  that  time. 

At  a  meeting  held  March  22  it  was  voted  to  contract  with  the 
Waterville  Water  Company  to  supply  the  town  with  water  for  fire, 
municipal,  and  other  purposes.  On  April  15  this  vote  was  recon- 
sidered and  the  town  voted  to  contract  for  the  water  under  a  new 
contract,  providing  that  the  company  should  supply  fifty  hydrants 
and  all  over  that  up  to  sixty  at  forty  dollars  per  year,  and  all 
above  sixty  at  thirty  dollars  a  year,  the  contract  to  continue  for 
twenty  years.  The  water  company  declined  to  accept  this  propo- 
sition. On  May  5,  at  a  special  meeting  called  for  the  purpose  the 
town  voted  to  contract  with  the  Waterville  Water  Company  for  a 
term  of  ten  years  to  supply  fifty  hydrants  at  forty  dollars  a  year, 
and  all  above  fifty  at  thirty  dollars  per  year.  This  proposition 
was  accepted,  and  the  selectmen,  Charles  H.  Redington,  Fred 
Pooler,  and  Howard  C.  Morse,  together  with  Appleton  H.  Plaisted 
and  Robert  L.  Proctor  on  the  part  of  the  board  of  fire  engineers, 
were  chosen  a  committee  to  locate  the  hydrants. 

1888 

Reuben  Foster  elected  first  Mayor  of  Waterville  on  March  9. 

Isaac  C.  Libby  elected  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  National 
Convention. 

Vote  for  County  Commissioner  City  of  Waterville : 
Charles   Wentworth,   Rep.,  723 

Howard  W.  Dodge,  Dem.,  699 

Scattering,  10 

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The  North  Grammar  school  building  dedicated  February  28. 
This  building  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  twenty  thousand  dollars 
under  the  direction  of  a  committee  consisting  of  George  A.  Phil- 
lips.. Josiah  D.  Hayden,  N.  G.  H.  Pulsifer,  Moses  C.  Foster,  and 
William  T.  Haines. 

FINANCIAL  STATEMENT 

The  financial  standing  of  the  city  as  shown  by  the  books  on 
March  26,  was  as  follows: 

Assets. 

Town  Farm,  $1,741  50 

Liquor  Agency,  138  59 

C.  P.  Johnson,  treasurer,  6,215  34 

City  of  Lewiston,  20  50 

Town  of  "Rome,  59  28 

Town  of  North  Anson,  20  50 

Book  Account,  14  25 


5,212  96 


Liabilities. 


Interest  bearing  notes  outstanding,                  $24,910  00 
Coupons  unpaid,                                                         275  00 
From  bonds  due  January  1,  1888,                         1,500  00 
Town  bonds  due  January  1,  1889,  and  there- 
after,                                                                       53,000  00 

$79,685  00 


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ADOPTION  OF  CITY  CHARTER 

January  23,  1888.  Special  town  meeting  called  to  act  upon  an 
article  in  a  warrant,  "To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  accept  an  act 
of  the  Legislature  approved  February  28,  1883,  as  amended  by  an 
act  of  Legislature  approved  March  4,  A.  D.  1887,  entitled,  'An  act 
to  amend  an  act  incorporating  the  city  of  Waterville.' "  Eeuben 
Foster  was  elected  moderator.  F.  A.  Waldron,  L.  D.  Carver,  C. 
H.  Eedington,  and  S.  S.  Brown  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
prevent  illegal  voting.  The  polls  opened  at  nine  o'clock  A.  M.  and 
closed  at  four  o'clock  P.  M.  Those  in  favor  of  the  article  voted 
"Yes,"  those  opposed  "No,"  with  the  following  result: 


Whole  number  of  votes, 

975 

Yes, 

543 

No, 

432 

Majority, 

111 

FIRST  ELECTION  OF  CITY  OFFICERS 

Mayor. 


Eeuben  Foster,  Independent, 

734 

Stephen  I.  Abbott,  Eepublican, 

651 

Aldermen. 

L.  Eugene  Thayer,  Dem., 

709 

Simon  S.  Brown,  Dem., 

711 

Fred  Pooler,  Dem., 

711 

Eri  Drew,  Dem., 

711 

Edgar  L.  Jones,  Dem., 

712 

George  A.  Alden,  Dem., 

708 

Frederick  P.  Haviland,  Dem., 

706 

Nathan  G.  H.  Pulsifer,  Eep., 

672 

Willard  M.  Dunn,  Eep., 

675 

Paul  Marshall,  Eep., 

669 

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Moses  C.  Foster,  Eep.,  675 

Nathaniel  Meader,  Eep.,  677 

Fred  S.  Clay,  Eep.  677 

Martin  Blaisdell,  Eep.,  677 

COUNOILMEN. 

David  Gallert,  714 

Jonas  P.  Gray,  709 

Frank  A.  Smith,  713 

James  J.  Pray,  710 

Howard  C.  Morse,  709 

Moses  Butler,  708 

E.  A.  Hilton,  712 

Oscar  E.  Emerson,  711 

Fred  T.  Mason,  710 

Eussell  Jones,  712 

Charles  A.  Hill,  711 

Alfred  Flood,  707 

George  E.  Shores,  710 

John  H.  Matthews,  710 

Perham  S.  Heald,  672 

G.  S.  Palmer,  678 

William  T.  Haines,  673 

Frank  Eedington,  677 

George  Balentine,  676 

Augustus  Libby,  671 

Horace  Purinton,  673 

Frank  J.  Goodridge,  673 

Horace  A.  Toward,  674 

Charles  E.  Matthews,  676 

Charles  G.  Carlton,  671 

Frank  K.  Shaw,  674 

M.  L.  Page,  671 

C.  Edward  Baldic,  678 

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City  Clerk. 

Charles  F.  Johnson, 

721 

Sidney  Moor  Heath, 

680 

Board  of  Education. 

Charles  F.  Johnson, 

723 

Julian  D.  Taylor, 

701 

Simon  S.  Brown, 

701 

Charles  H.  Redington, 

700 

Frank  A.  Smith, 

701 

David  P.  Stowell, 

699 

Reuben  Foster, 

701 

Leonard  D.  Carver, 

674 

Faban  E.  Warren, 

679 

G.  A.  Crawford, 

677 

Frank  B.  Hubbard, 

678 

George  B.  Howard, 

678 

Frank  B.  Philbrick, 

679 

Appleton  A.  Plaisted, 

679 

Constables. 

Charles  H.  Redington, 

709 

Edward  H.  Crowell, 

709 

George  F.  Healey, 

709 

Henry  G.  Tozier, 

709 

Thomas  W.  Scribner, 

706 

Charles  Butler, 

707 

Samuel  King,  Jr., 

708 

F.  H.  Reed, 

670 

Paul  W.  Perry, 

669 

Reuben  A.  Call, 

661 

Edwin  E.  Hall, 

672 

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George  A.  Wilson,  672 

Albert  C.  Crockett,  674 

Alden  F.  Lord,  669 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Harrison  and  Morton,  Rep.,  737 

Cleveland  and  Thurman,  Dem.,  625 

Vote  for  Congressman. 

Seth  L.  Milliken,  Eep.,  Belfast,  721 

Simon  S.  Brown,  Dem.,  Waterville,  696 

Scattering,  10 

Kennebec  County  Vote. 

Seth  L.  Milliken,  7756 

Simon  S.  Brown,  4882 

Scattering,  422 

Vote  of  the  District. 

Seth  L.  Milliken,  20,558 

Simon  S.  Brown,  14,026 

ORGANIZATION  OF  CITY  GOVERNMENT 

The  first  meeting  of  the  new  city  government  was  held  March- 
26  at  Matthews  Hall.  Simon  S.  Brown  was  elected  President  of 
the  Board  of  Aldermen,  David  Gallert  was  elected  President  of 
the  Common  Council,  and  John  B.  Friel  was  elected  Clerk.  The 
organization  and  establishment  of  a  system  for  the  consummation 
of  city  business  proved  itself  to  be  a  difficult  task.  Numerous 
meetings  were  held,  in  many  instances  two  or  three  each  week. 

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CHRONOLOGY 

Owing  to  a  lack  of  accommodation  it  was  necessary  for  the  Board 
of  Aldermen  to  meet  in  one  hall  and  the  members  of  the  Common 
Council  to  meet  in  another,  however,  a  large  amount  of  business 
was  transacted  during  the  year. 

On  April  2,  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  fire  department  was 
authorized  to  sell  the  two  famous  hand  fire  engines,  "Waterville  3" 
and  "Ticonic  No.  1." 

April  7.  Roll  of  accounts  Number  One  amounted  in  the  aggie- 
gate  to  $1027. 

May  31.  Aldermen  Simon  S.  Brown  and  Edgar  L.  Jones, 
and  Councilmen  Frank  A.  Smith,  Jonas  P.  Gray,  James  J.  Pray, 
and  E.  A.  Hilton,  were  chosen  a  committee  to  divide  the  city  in- 
to seven  wards.  This  was  accomplished  and  adopted  by  the  City 
Council  on  June  19. 

It  is  evident,  as  the  following  order  will  show,  that  the  city 
government  had  been  under  the  lash  of  some  sharp  pointed  cor- 
respondent and  was  apparently  disturbed  at  the  criticism,  "In 
Board  of  Aldermen.  On  motion  of  Alderman  Alden,  Ordered 
that  'D'  be  hereby  requested  to  lay  aside  for  the  present  his  legiti- 
mate business  and  for  which  he  is  paid,  and  hunt  up  all  the  stat- 
utes and  find  as  much  fault  as  possible  with  the  present  City 
Government.  Also  as  soon  as  possible  send  in  a  list  of  names  of 
persons  he  would  like  appointed  for  any  positions,  also  who  he 
would  like  now  employed  to  be  removed.  When  he  has  thought  of 
all  things  for  and  against,  the  above  having  been  done  free  gratis 
since  election,  it  is  ordered  that  he  do  now  and  forever  hold  his 
peace. 

Read  and  referred  to  joint  special  committee  on  sewers." 

THE  WATERVILLE  SEAL 

On  July  10,  the  city  ordinances  were  passed  by  the  Board  of 
Aldermen,  to  be  engrossed  and  sent  to  the  lower  board  for  con- 

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currenee.  They  were  passed  by  the  Council  July  31,  and  were 
approved  by  Justice  Artemas  Libby  of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court 
on  Aug.  10. 

Section  one  of  chapter  two  of  the  ordinances  provided  for  a 
city  seal  of  the  following  design : 


HORSE  RAILROAD 

May  31.  It  was  ordered  that  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  Thay- 
er and  Brown  be  a  committee  to  fix  the  actual  location  of  the 
horse  railroad  track  from  the  line  of  the  city  to  the  lower  rail- 
road crossing  on  College  Avenue  as  the  same  should  be  agreed 
upon  by  the  Horse  Railroad  Company  and  the  committee. 

The  railroad  company  commenced  operations  this  year.  Horses 
were  used  to  haul  the  cars.  The  cot:>pany  was  one  of  the  first  to 
adopt  electricity  as  motive  power  for  street  cars,  the  change  being 
successfully  accomplished  in  1892.  The  receipts  for  transportation 
for  the  month  of  January,  1889  were  $553,  for  the  month  of  June, 
1907,  $4000. 

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ELECTRIC  LIGHTS 

April  24.  Alderman  Drew  from  the  joint  standing  commit* 
tee  on  street  lights  reported  the  following  proposition  from  the 
Waterville  Electric  Light  and  Power  Company:  "Said  company 
will  furnish  twenty-six  arc  lights  at  ninety  dollars  per  light  to 
burn  all  night  and  every  night  in  the  year,  and  to  run  the  oil 
lamps,  forty-five  or  more,  free  of  charge.  Said  company  further 
agrees  in  case  the  city  council  should  purchase  arc  or  incandescent 
lights  to  take  the  place  of  oil  lamps  now  oft  .he  streets,  to  run  said 
oil  lamps  at  other  points  in  the  city  free  of  expense."  The  com- 
mittee recommended  the  acceptance  of  the  proposal,  and  on  June 
19,  Mayor  Foster  was  directed  to  sign  a  contract  for  twenty-seven 
electric  lights  and  $2550  was  appropriated  for  the  purpose,  to  be 
paid  in  equal  monthly  payments. 

SEWERS 

Simon  S.  Brown,  one  of  the  prime  movers  in  establishing  the 
present  admirable  sewerage  system  of  the  city,  was  made  chairman 
of  a  committee  to  install  a  modern  system  of  sewers.  Jonas  P. 
Gray,  George  A.  Alden  and  Russell  Jones  were  his  associates  ap- 
pointed by  the  city  government.  It  may  be  mentioned  to  the  credit 
of  that  committee  that  the  brick  and  pipe  sewers  erected  have  never 
been  out  of  repair  and  their  good  judgment  in  superintending  the 
construction,  and  originating  the  plans,  provided  a  system  that, 
although  built  nearly  twenty  years  ago,  is  still  adequate  for  the 
city's  need. 

$10,000  was  appropriated  in  1888.  745  feet,  11  inches  of  brick 
sewer  27x38;  503  feet,  3  inches,  21x27;  and  214  feet,  3  inches  of 
15  in.  pipe ;  and  1089  feet,  7  inches  of  20  in.  pipe  was  laid  in  1888. 
$45,953.50  was  appropriated  in  1889,  24,132  feet  of  pipe  was  laid  in 
addition  to  numerous  manholes  and  catch  basins.  $10,000  was  ap- 
priated  in  1890,  and  11,354  feet  and  10  inches  put  down.  In 
1891,  16,157  feet  was  placed  in  the  various  streets.     Nearly  every 

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year  since  the  rapid  increase  in  population  and  building  opera- 
tions, has  made  additional  sewers  a  necessity.  All  the  work  has 
been  carefully  done  with  the  result  that  the  city  has  one  of  the 
best  systems  in  the  country. 

1889 

William  T.  Haines  member  of  the  State  Senate  1889-1892. 

Charles  Wentworth,  County  Commissioner,  1889-1894. 
Mr.  Wentworth  was  chairman  of  board  in  1893  and  1894. 

Willard  M.  Dunn,  re-appointed  postmaster  by  President  Har- 
rison. 

WATERVILLE  BOARD  OF  TRADE 

From  a  commercial  point  of  view,  there  has  not  been  a  factor 
in  the  history  of  the  city  that  has  done  more  to  forward  its  inter- 
ests, and  to  assist  in  bringing  about  the  present  business  success  of 
this  busy  city  than  the  Waterville  Board  of  Trade.  It  has  not 
been  an  honorary  body,  wasting  its  energy  in  dreams  of  the  future, 
disporting  itself  at  banquets  and  expending  its  means  for  terrapin 
and  wines.  It  has  accomplished  results.  It  has  had  its  banquets 
and  its  picnics  to  be  sure,  but  they  did  not  detract  from  the  object 
in  view,  or  the  purpose  for  which  it  was  organized,  and  it  is  doubt- 
ful if  the  board  ever  met  together,  on  any  occasion  at  any  time, 
when  Waterville's  business  interests  did  not  receive  some  material 
benefit. 

It  is  composed  of  the  business  men  of  the  city  whose  reputa- 
tion for  business  integrity  is  unexcelled,  and  whose  success  in  their 
various  lines  of  trade  is  best  demonstrated  by  an  examination  of 
their  business  homes.  The  factories  and  business  blocks  are  models 
of  business  structures,  and  the  stores,  shops  and  offices  where  an 
ever  increasing  patronage  makes  the  most  modern  improvements  im- 

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CHRONOLOGY 

perative   and    demands   up-to-date    business   methods,    cannot   be 
equaled  in  Maine. 

The  board  was  organized  in  1889  and  a  large  amount  of  its 
success  has  been  due  to  a  most  fortunate  selection  of  its  officers 
who  in  every  instance  have  worked  hard  but  cheerfully  with  such 
enthusiasm  and  energy  that  it  is  not  surprising  that  the  business 
efforts  of  the  community  have  been  crowned  with  success,  and  the 
affairs  of  the  municipality  governed  carefully  and  wisely.  The 
first  president  of  the  board  was  Nathaniel  Meader,  who  was  Mayor 
of  the  city  at  the  time  the  board  was  organized;  he  was  succeeded 
by  Moses  C.  Foster.  The  other  presidents  of  the  board  in  the  order 
of  their  election  have  been  Frank  Redington,  J.  Frederick  Hill, 
Warren  C.  Philbrook,  George  F.  Terry,  Harvey  D.  Eaton,  and  Hor- 
ace Purinton,  the  present  incumbent 

The  work  of  the  board  has  been  very  impartially  performed. 
Every  industry  has  been  benefited  more  or  less  by  its  organization, 
and  it  has  been  a  factor  in  securing  every  new  enterprise  that  has 
located  here  since  Waterville  became  a  city.  There  has  always  ex- 
isted a  friendly  feeling  between  the  board  of  trade  and  Colby  Col- 
lege, and  the  interests  of  the  college  have  been  carefully  guarded 
and  the  board  has  proffered  its  good  offices  on  several  occasions 
when  the  college  has  been  in  need  of  financial  assistance,  and  the 
result  has  been  beneficial  to  both  the  college  and  the  city.  In 
municipal  affairs  it  has  been  the  first  to  approve  of  the  expensive 
improvements,  such  as  sewers,  paving  of  the  streets,  electric  sys- 
tem, the  city  building,  modern  fire  department  equipment,  concrete 
and  granolithic  sidewalks,  etc.,  while  its  disapproval  of  a  wasteful 
expenditure  of  public  moneys  has  been  as  effective  as  its  approval 
of  public  benefits. 

The  board  was  instrumental  in  the  successful  organization  of 
the  Central  Maine  Fair;  it  has  induced  large  organizations  such 
as  the  State  Grange,  and  others,  to  hold  their  conventions  here,  and 
performed  many  other  public  services  too  numerous  to  mention. 

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MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATBRVILLB 

One  of  its  most  brilliant  accomplishments  came  during  Dr.  J.  Fred- 
erick Hill's  administration  when  it  instituted,  organized  and  car- 
ried to  a  successful  termination,  the  great  centennial  celebration 
in  1902,  the  best  and  most  elaborate  event  of  its  kind  ever  held  in 
the  State  of  Maine. 

1890 

Population,  7107. 
Polls,  1872. 
Estates,  $5,462,795. 

Population  of  Kennebec  County,  57,012. 
Leonard  D.  Carver  appointed  State  Librarian  in  October. 
Oliver  G.  Hall  appointed  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court,  Ken- 
nebec County. 

MUNICIPAL  LIGHTING  PLANT 

On  March  1,  the  city  council  voted  to  erect  a  lighting  plant. 
$10,500  was  appropriated  for  the  purpose,  and  from  Sept.  2,  1891, 
until  March  3,  1892,  $11,883.43  was  expended.  Sixty  arc  lights 
were  placed  upon  the  streets  and  a  contract  was  made  with  the 
Waterville  &  Fairfield  Light  and  Eailway  Company  to  run  the 
dynamos  for  $1600  per  year,  to  include  fifty  incandescent  lights  for 
city  uses.  It  had  cost  the  city  the  previous  year  $4200  for  street 
lighting,  so  that  the  result  was  highly  satisfactory  to  taxpayers. 
The  capacity  of  the  arc  lights  was  120,000  c.  p.  which  increased 
the  lighting  capacity  in  the  city  186  per  cent,  and  the  expense  to 
the  city  was  decreased  16  per  cent. 

PAVING 

There  are  many  things  in  this  city  that  are  a  source  of  pride 
to  its  inhabitants.  One  of  these  is  its  handsome  main  street.  May- 
or Jones  in  his  inaugural  address  before  the  city  government  in 
1891  made  the  recommendation  that  sufficient  money  be  appro- 

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priated  for  the  purpose  of  paving  Main  street.  The  members  of 
the  city  government  favored  the  plan,  and  ten  thousand  five  hun- 
dred and  fifty-four  dollars  was  appropriated  in  that  year,  and  the 
work  commenced.  The  street  was  leveled,  the  sidewalks  widened, 
and  the  grade  raised.  The  street  is  now  paved  along  the  entire 
business  section.  The  work  was  done  in  the  best  manner  possible, 
and  is  a  much  appreciated  municipal  improvement,  and  is  in  com- 
*  plete  accord  with  the  many  other  benefits  the  city  has  obtained 
through  the  efforts  of  its  progressive  government. 

1892 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Cleveland  and  Stevenson,  Dem.,      667 
Harrison  and  Eeed,  Eep.,  653 

Scattering,  26 

Warren  C.  Philbrook  appointed  Judge  of  the  Municipal  Court, 
March  15. 

Gamewell  fire  alarm  system  installed  in  September. 

The  Hollingsworth  &  Whitney  Company  erected  their  first 
mill  on  the  Winslow  side  of  the  Kennebec  Eiver  in  this  year.  Over 
one  million  dollars  was  expended. 

At  a  Democratic  State  convention  held  at  Bangor  in  1892, 
Charles  P.  Johnson  of  Waterville  was  nominated  as  a  candidate 
for  Governor.  Hon.  William  Henry  Clifford  of  Portland  was  the 
presiding  officer,  and  the  convention  was  very  largely  attended. 
Mr.  Johnson  personally  waged  an  energetic  campaign,  speaking  in 
all  parts  of  the  State  and  meeting  with  an  enthusiastic  reception 
everywhere.  Lack  of  combined  effort,  however,  on  the  part  of  the 
party  in  the  whole  State  made  the  task  an  almost  hopeless  one. 
Many  friends  of  Mr.  Johnson  felt  at  the  time  that  if  he  had  had 
united  support  his  election  to  the  highest  office  in  the  State  would 

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have  been  certain.  Continued  and  overwhelming  defeats  in  the 
past,  lack  of  funds,  and  general  discouragement,  were  the  principal 
causes  for  the  general  apathy  in  the  Democratic  party.  Mr.  John- 
son's brilliant  campaign  however,  reduced  the  Republican  plurality 
to  the  smallest  figure  for  years,  and  it  was  especially  gratifying 
to  his  legion  of  friends,  and  a  personal  tribute  to  his  character  and 
ability,  that  he  received  one  of  the  largest  votes  ever  given  a  Dem- 
ocratic candidate. 

Vote  of  the  State 

Whole   vote,  130,262 

Henry  B.  Cleaves,  Rep.,  67,900 

Charles  F.  Johnson,  Dem.,  55,397 

Timothy  B.  Hussey,  Pro.,  3,864 

Luther  C.   Bateman,  People's,  2,888 

E.  F.  Knowlton,  Union  Labor,  201 

Scattering,  12 

Republican  majority,  5,538 

Republican  plurality,  12,503 

Vote  of  the  City 

Charles  F.  Johnson,  904 

Henry  B.  Cleaves,  665 

Scattering,  26 

NO  CITY  ELECTION 

There  was  no  city  election  held  in  the  city  in  1892,  owing 
to  a  misunderstanding  relative  to  the  registration  laws.  The  of- 
ficers elected  in  1891  "held  over"  during  the  year. 

It  appears  that  different  views  of  the  law,  which  has  since 
been  changed  so  as  to  make  similar  conditions  impossible,  were 
taken  by  Mayor  Jones  and  Appleton  H.  Plaisted,  who  had  been 

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. CHRONOLOGY 

appointed  chairman  of  the  board  of  registration  by  the  Governor. 
Mayor  Jones  contended  that  whoever  he  might  appoint  could  not 
resign  from  or  decline  to  serve  on  the  board  until  the  board  had 
met  for  organization  after  being  officially  notified.  On  the  other 
hand  Mr.  Plaisted  took  the  ground  that  when  Mayor  Jones  ap- 
pointed Ex-Mayor  Reuben  Foster  a  member  of  the  board,  he  then 
became  a  member  and  could  decline  to  accept  the  office  whenever 
he  chose  without  an  official  meeting  of  the  board  to  be  called  by 
the  chairman,  and  he  considered  it  the  Mayor's  duty  to  appoint 
his  successor  upon  the  receipt  of  that  declination.  The  result 
was  much  discussion,  but  no  election. 

Mayor  Jones'  side  of  the  case  and  perhaps  the  best  general  re- 
view of  the  trouble  without  delving  too  deeply  into  party  poli- 
tics, can  be  found  in  the  Mayor's  inaugural  address  as  follows: 
"Probably  no  New  England  city  ever  allowed  a  municipal  election 
to  go  by  default  before,  and  I  propose  to  show  you  in  a  few  words 
that  the  city  government  of  Waterville  is  not  to  blame  for  the 
present  state  of  affairs.'  We  have  performed  every  legal  act  re- 
quired of  us  to  assist  the  new  registration  board.  There  is  but 
one  legal  way  to  settle  the  question,  and  that  is  so  simple  that  it 
could  have  been  done  before  and  can  be  done  now  in  twenty-four 
hours.  The  highest  court  in  our  State  has  decided  that  my  ap- 
pointments for  that  board  were  legal.  I  notified  the  chairman  of- 
ficially that  I  had  made  the  appointments,  gave  him  the  names 
of  the  appointees  and  also  informed  him  that  the  gentlemen  so  ap- 
pointed awaited  his  pleasure. 

"Having  done  everything  the  law  required  of  me,  I  could  do 
no  more  until  the  chairman  called  the  board  together  for  organi- 
zation. Then  if  it  appeared  that  if  either  or  both  of  my  appoin- 
tees declined  to  take  the  oath  of  office,  and  be  present  at  such  time 
and  place  as  the  chairman  should  designate,  it  would  be  my  duty 
and  pleasure  to  appoint  others  in  their  places. 

"The  best  counsel  I  could  procure  and  all  the  business  methods 
of  banks  and  corporations  assure  me  that  I  could  not  legally  appoint 

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two  men  for  the  same  place,  unless  the  members  appointed  refused 
to  attend  a  meeting  of  the  board  to  which  they  had  been  officially 
notified.  Then  the  case  is  simply  this — the  Mayor  has  no  official 
knowledge,  you  have  none,  that  these  men  will  or  will  not  serve 
until  he  officially  notifies  them  of  a  meeting  of  the  board. 

"At  the  time  of  the  decision  of  the  court,  the  Mayor  supposed 
that  he  had  power  to  appoint  before  the  board  was  called  together, 
and  consulted  several  persons  about  taking  the  place,  in  case  either 
or  both  of  the  appointees  should  decline.  The  fact  appeared  that 
the  Mayor  could  have  no  official  knowledge  of  any  such  declina- 
tion until  the  board  was  officially  called  for  organization." 

Mr.  Plaisted's  friends  claimed  that  the  6tand  taken  by  him 
for  the  solution  of  the  difficulty  was  substantiated  when  Mayor 
Jones  was  obliged  later  to  appoint  members  of  the  board  upon  8 
writ  of  mandamus  issued  by  the  court,  the  case  being  prepared  at 
the  office  of  the  Attorney  General  of  Maine,  and  that  those  ap- 
pointments were  made  without  calling  together  of  the  board  of 
registration,  either  officially  or  unofficially,  and  that  no  official  re- 
port was  made  to  the  city  government  that  any  of  the  former  ap- 
pointees refused  to  take  the  oath  of  office  or  had  declined  to  serve. 

The  election  in  1893  was  held  as  usual  and  the  unpleasant  in- 
cident of  1892  is  almost  forgotten. 

1893 

Frank  L.  Thayer  appointed  postmaster  for  the  second  time  by 
President  Cleveland. 

1894 

First  issue  of  the  agricultural  paper,  Turf,  Farm,  and  Home, 
printed  June  1. 

Special  meeting  of  the  citizens  was  called  on  Sept.  14  to  vote 
on  the  following  question,  "Shall  the  city  loan  its  credit  to  aid  in 

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32 

31 

24 

18 

46 

11 

44 

21 

53 

14 

58 

35 

21 

33 

CHRONOLOGY 

the  construction  of  the  Waterville  and  Wiscasset  Kailroad?" 
The  following  is  the  result  by  wards: 

WARD  YES  NO 

1 

2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 

278  163 


Charles  F.  Johnson  renominated  at  a  convention  held  at  Lew- 
iston,  by  the  Democratic  party  as  its  candidate  for  Governor. 
National  politics  were  in  such  a  condition  owing  to  differences  be- 
tween President  Cleveland  and  some  Democratic  members  of  the 
United  States  Senate  and  a  serious  fin  -•  lal  panic,  that  a  cam- 
paign upon  the  issues  that  were  successfully  used  two  years  previ- 
ous was  entirely  out  of  the  question.  Not  even  a  semblance  of  a 
fight  was  made  and  the  Eepublican  candidates  were  elected  by 
tremendous  majorities. 

Vote  of  the  State 

Whole  number  of  votes,  107,776 

Henry  B.  Cleaves,  Portland,  Eep.,  69,322 

Charles  F.  Johnson,  Waterville,  Dem.,  30,405 

Luther  C.  Bateman,  Auburn,  People's,  5,328 

Ira  G.  Hersey,  Pro.,  2,721 

Eepublican  plurality,  38,917 

Eepublican  majority,  30,868 

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Vote  of  the  City 

Charles  F.  Johnson,  637 

Henry  B.  Cleaves,  844 

Luther  C.  Bateman,  27 

1895 

Colby  College  celebrated  its  seventy-fifth  anniversary. 
CONTESTED  ELECTION  IN  WARD  ONE 

At  the  annual  spring  election  held  March  4  for  the  city  of- 
ficers in  ward  one  the  election  was  contested.  The  Republicani 
had  elected  Christian  Knauff,  Mayor,  by  a  plurality  of  208  and  the 
members  of  the  city  government  in  wards  three,  four,  and  five, 
while  the  Democrats  had  been  successful  in  wards  two,  six,  and 
seven.  Grounds  for  the  contest  were  occasioned  by  the  ward  clerk's 
construction  of  the  law  relative  to  whether  certain  defective  bal- 
lots should  or  should  not  be  counted.  The  city  record  reads  as 
follows:  "vw 

The  vote  as  returned  by  the  ward  clerk  is  as  follows : 

For  Mayor 


Christian  Knauff, 
Chas.  A.  Hill, 

141 
141 

Alderman 

Levi  Bushey, 
Edward  C.  Laselle, 

136 
146 

Councilmen 

Frank  Williams, 
Albert  Wade, 

140 
138 

156 

CHRONOLOGY 

Richard  Dunn, 

142 

Geo.  W.  Fitzgerald, 

143 

Board  of  Education 

Martin  F.  Bartlett, 

140 

John  J.  Reid, 

142 

Warden 

J.  H.  N.  Penney, 

140 

George  A.  Wilson, 

142 

Ward  Cleric 

Edward  L.  Meader, 

140 

Edward  L.  Hall, 

142 

Constable 

Edwin  E.  Hall, 

140 

Wilfred  Norman, 

142 

At  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  sitting  in  Kennebec  County, 
March  term,  the  following  decision  was  given.  The  Court  held 
that  there  was  an  error  in  the  returns  of  the  ward  clerk  of  ward 
one,  and  that  the  vote  of  the  different  city  and  ward  officers 
should  be  as  follows : 

For  Mayor 


Christian  Knauff, 
Charles  A.  Hill, 

147 
144 

Alderman 

Levi  Bushey, 
Edward  C.  Laselle, 

142 
149 

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MUNICIPAL.  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 


Councilmen 

Prank  Williams, 

146 

Albert  Wade, 

144 

Richard  Dunn, 

145 

Geo.  W.  Fitzgerald, 

146 

Board  of  Education 

Martin  F.  Bartlett, 

146 

John  J.  Reid, 

145 

Warden 

J.  H.  N.  Penney, 

146 

George  A.  Wilson, 

145 

Ward  Clerk 

Edward  L.  Meader, 

146 

Edward  L.  Hall, 

145 

Constable 

Edwin  E.  Hall, 

146 

Wilfred  Norman, 

145 

CHANGE  OF  WARD  LINES 


An  act  providing  for  the  change  of  ward  lines  in  the  city  was 
passed  by  the  Legislature  and  approved  March  81,  1895,  being 
Chapter  211  of  the  Private  Laws  of  the  year  1895.  The  act  pro- 
vided that  a  commission  be  appointed  by  the  Governor  to  hold  a 
hearing  for  the  purpose  of  determining  the  lines  of  the  new  wards. 
The  Governor  appointed  Seth  M.  Carter  of  Auburn,  Charles  M. 
Moses  of  Saco,  and  Isaiah  K.  Stetson  of  Bangor  as  members  of  the 
commission.    A  meeting  was  held  in  the  municipal  court  room  on 

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August  12.  The  move  occasioned  considerable  interest  and  not  a 
little  excitement.  The  commission  attended  to  their  duties,  how- 
ever, and  their  report  was  approved  by  John  A.  Peters,  Chief  Jus- 
tice of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  Maine,  January  13,  1896, 
as  follows  : 

Bangor,  January  13,  1896. 
To  the  City  Clerk  and  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Waterville: — 

Dear  Sirs: — By  Chapter  211  of  the  private  acts  of  the  Leg- 
islature of  1895,  it  was  provided  that  a  commission  should  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  Governor  to  readjust  the  boundary  lines  of  the 
wards  of  the  city  of  Waterville,  which  commission  should  exam- 
ine into  the  location,  size,  and  population  of  the  several  wards  as 
they  then  existed,  and,  if  by  them  deemed  expedient,  should  read- 
just the  boundary  lines  of  said  wards,  having  reference  in  their 
readjustment,  if  any  such  be  made,  to  such  a  division  of  the  city 
into  wards  as  its  present  number  of  legal  voters  and  their  needs 
may  require.  The  act  further  requires  that  a  final  report  of  the 
doings  of  the  commission  be  made  to  the  Chief  Justice  of  the  Su- 
preme Judicial  Court  of  the  State  on  or  before  Sept.  1,  1895,  and 
that  upon  his  approval,  and  not  otherwise,  the  doings  of  said  com- 
mission shall  become  binding  and  valid. 

The  commission,  appointed  by  the  Governor  in  pursuance  of 
the  terms  of  the  act,  after  granting  certain  public  hearings  and 
giving  due  notice  thereof,  agreed  upon  a  readjustment  of  the  wards 
of  the  city,  and  made  a  final  report  of  their  doings  for  my  approv- 
al, presenting  the  same  with  accompanying  papers  to  me  on  some 
day  in  August  preceding  the  first  day  of  September  last. 

At  a  hearing  before  me  on  the  question  whether  the  report 
should  or  not  be  approved  by  me,  several  objections  were  presented 
by  persons  remonstrating  against  it. 

It  was  alleged  that  the  act  itself  was  obtained  from  the  Leg- 
islature by  unfair  means. 

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MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

This  objection  is  easily  disposed  of  by  the  fact  that  I  am  not 
empowered  by  the  act  to  approve  or  disapprove  any  doings  of  the 
Legislature,  but  only  the  doings  of  the  commission. 

Objections  were  made  at  the  hearing,  though  not  strongly 
urged,  that  the  act  is  unconstitutional  as  being  special  to  Water- 
ville  only,  out  of  all  the  cities  in  the  State,  and  depriving  her  of  a 
power  to  manage  some  of  her  local  affairs.  I  think  this  proposi- 
tion untenable.  The  objection,  however,  evidently  most  relied  on 
by  the  remonstrants,  is  that,  in  their  view,  the  alteration  of  the 
ward  lines  made  by  the  commission  will  give  the  Republican 
party,  in  the  election  of  members  of  the  two  boards  of  the  city 
council,  an  undue  preponderance  of  power  in  comparison  with  its- 
proportion  of  the  whole  number  of  votes  usually  cast  by  the  two 
parties  in  the  entire  city. 

I  find  that  the  commissioners  made  the  readjustment  after  an 
examination  of  the  several  wards  as  now  existing,  having  refer- 
ence to  such  a  division  of  the  city  into  wards  as  the  present  num- 
ber of  its  voters  and  their  needs  require. 

And  I  have  no  reason  to  doubt  that  a  different  result  might 
have  been  correctly  reached  which  would  be  more  favorable  to  the 
Democratic  party  than  this  is.  But,  after  much  reflection  on  the 
subject,  I  cannot  bring  myself  to  the  belief  that  the  Legislature 
intended  to  impose  upon  me,  in  my  official  capacity,  the  respon- 
sibility of  deciding  any  question  which  involves  nothing  more  than 
party  politics.  There  is  no  evidence  to  my  mind  in  the  legisla- 
tive act  itself  of  any  such  intention.  There  is  nothing  indicating 
that  I  am  required  to  give  to  any  party  a  hearing,  although  I 
did  so,  or  that  I  am  empowered  to  take  evidence  of  any  kind  on 
any  question.  Much  less  is  there  any  indication  that  I  am  to  insti- 
tute an  inquiry  to  ascertain  what  political  party  may  reap  the 
most  advantage  by  the  readjustment,  or  that  I  shall  act  upon  any 
such  considerations. 

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On  the  contrary  my  opinion  is  that  the  object  of  having  the 
doings  of  the  commission  approved  by  myself  is  that  any  irregu- 
larity or  illegality  may  as  far  as  possible  be  excluded  from  the  pro- 
ceedings, and  also  that  as  a  matter  of  form  it  was  supposed  to  be 
better  that  the  report  should  be  regularly  accepted  by  the  act  of 
some  person  or  tribunal. 

Perceiving  no  objection  to  the  report  upon  any  legal  grounds, 
and  none  being  suggested,  in  consonance  with  my  judgment  of  the 
duty  conferred  upon  me,  I  have  approved  the  report  of  the  com- 
mission, and  send  it  with  accompanying  papers  to  the  clerk  of  the 
City  of  Waterville  that  the  same  may  be  and  remain  in  the  archives 
of  that  office  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  city  and  public. 

Very  respectfully, 

John  A.  Peters. 

1896 

First  number  of  the  Waterville  Evening  Mail  issued  Jan- 
uary 29. 

Perham  S.  Heald  elected  a  member  of  the  Maine  Senate  from 
Kennebec  County. 

Andrew  L.  McFadden  elected  Sheriff  of  Kennebec  County. 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

McKiniey  and  Hobart,  Rep.,  946 

Bryan  and  Sewall,  Dem.,  427 

Palmer  and  Buckner,  Gold  Dem.,  13 

Bryan  and  Watson,  People's,  55 

Scattering,  13 

CITY  BUILDING 

A  public  meeting  was  held  on  May  18  to  enable  the  citizens  to 
express  themselves  upon  the  following  article :  "To  see  if  the  voters 

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of  said  city  will  instruct  the  city  council  to  build  a  city  hall  and 
opera  house  this  season."  The  meeting  was  held  in  the  town  hall 
and  was  largely  attended.  It  was  voted,  "That  the  city  council  be 
and  is  hereby  instructed  by  the  voters  assembled  in  mass  meeting 
to  commence  as  soon  as  possible  after  due  delibeiation,  the  con- 
struction of  a  city  building,  said  building  to  contain  rooms  and 
apartments  for  all  city  officers,  vaults  for  the  city  records,  rooms 
for  a  public  library,  an  assembly  hall  and  an  armory  for  the  militia. 
The  ways  and  means  to  be  determined  by  the  city  council.  Said 
building  not  to  cost  over  $75,000;  and  that  it  is  the  sense  of  the 
meeting  that  the  city  shall  so  arrange  to  build  a  city  building  and 
provide  for  the  paying  of  it  in  such  a  manner  and  under  such  con- 
tract and  conditions  that  the  city  shall  own  it  as  soon  as  may  be 
practical,  considering  the  financial  condition  of  the  city  and  the 
cost  of  said  building." 

On  June  4  the  city  government  elected  a  New  City  Hall 
Building  Commission.  Mayor  Webb,  Alderman  "William  M.  Lin- 
coln, Councilman  H.  E.  Dunham,  Ex-Mayor  Charles  F.  Johnson, 
and  Dr.  Frederick  C.  Thayer  were  members  chosen  and  they  were 
instructed  to  report  at  an  adjourned  meeting  to  be  held  June  17. 
On  June  17  the  committee  reported  and  asked  for  an  extension  of 
time,  and  again  on  July  2.  On  July  21  they  made  a  report  favor- 
ing the  construction  of  the  building.  It  was  voted  to  sell  the  old 
town  hall  and  on  Aug.  8  it  was  voted  to  proceed  with  the  building. 

PUBLIC  LIBRARY 

Although  the  Waterville  Public  Library  Association  was  first 
organized  in  March,  1873,  it  was  not  until  1906  that  it  was  placed 
on  a  basis  that  has  resulted  in  its  present  very  successful  organiza- 
tion. Solyman  Heath  was  president  of  the  association  when  it 
was  organized  in  1873.  A  small  number  of  books  were  placed  in 
circulation,  but  lack  of  interest  caused  the  decline  of  that  organi- 
zation and  all  the  books  were  placed  in  the  rooms  of  the  Women's 

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CHRONOLOGY 

Association.  For  more  than  a  hundred  years  Waterville  had  had 
a  library  where  the  public  could  obtain  books,  but  not  until  a 
number  of  ladies  interested  themselves  was  a  start  made  that  led 
to  a  permanent  organization.  On  February  13,  1906,  these  ladies 
met  together,  chose  Mrs.  Willard  B.  Arnold,  president,  and  origi- 
nated the  plans  that  led  to  the  reorganization  of  the  association. 
On  March  25  a  meeting  was  held  and  an  organization  effected.  A 
number  of  prominent  gentlemen  interested  themselves  in  the  mat- 
ter which,  together  with  the  enthusiasm  of  the  ladies,  brought  forth 
ultimate  success.  Mayor  Edmund  F.  Webb  was  chosen  president  of 
the  society,  books  were  purchased,  shelves  placed  in  the  law  office 
of  Harvey  D.  Eaton,  and  the  public  were  invited  to  the  use  of  the 
library.  Mrs.  Agnes  Johnson  was  the  first  librarian.  In  this  man- 
ner a  start  was  made  that  culminated  in  the  present  finely  equipped 
library  building,  the  gift  of  Andrew  Carnegie,  and  a  large  and 
ever  increasing  collection  of  books  for  public  use,  and  papers  of 
historical  interest. 

DEMOCRATIC  STATE  CONVENTION 

On  Aug.  6  a  Democratic  State  convention  met  at  the  old  city 
hall.  A  convention  had  been  held  previously  at  Portland,  presided 
over  by  Charles  F.  Johnson  of  Waterville,  and  nominated  Edward 
B.  Winslow  of  Portland  as  its  candidate  for  Governor.  The  Port- 
land convention  was  held  previous  to  the  national  convention  and 
had  declared  for  the  gold  standard.  The  national  convention  met 
a  few  days  later  and  nominated  Bryan  and  adopted  a 
silver     platform.  This     was     not      in     accord     with     the 

views  of  Mr.  Winslow  and  he  withdrew  his  name  which 
gave  the  Democrats  who  favored  the  silver  side  of  the  ques- 
tion an  opportunity  to  nominate  a  gentleman  whose  opinion  cor- 
responded with  those  expressed  in  the  Chicago  platform.  Hon. 
John  Scott  of  Bath  presided  at  the  Waterville  convention.  Two 
candidates  were  placed  in  nomination,  Hon.  Melvin  P.  Frank  of 
Portland  and  Mayor  E.  F.  Hanson  of  Belfast,  both  silver  men. 
Hon.  M.  P.  Frank  received  the  nomination. 

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MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERV1LLE 

A  contest  arose  over  the  adoption  of  resolutions  favoring  the 
coinage  of  silver  at  a  ratio  of  16  to  1.  William  Henry  Clifford  of 
Portland  opposed  the  resolutions,  and  the  convention  was  in  an 
uproar  in  a  moment.  The  confusion  was  so  great  that  Mr.  Clifford 
could  not  proceed  with  his  speech  and  not  until  the  "gold  men" 
had  withdrawn  from  the  convention  and  left  the  hall,  was  Chair- 
man Scott  able  to  restore  order. 

After  this  interruption  the  business  of  the  convention  pro- 
ceeded smoothly,  the  "silver  Democrats"  being  in  complete  control. 
The  usual  speeches  were  made  endorsing  the  nominations,  and  the 
convention  formally  adjourned  after  being  in  ^e.^ion  about  two 
hours.  The  feeling  of  the  convention  was  very  bitter  and  was 
probably  one  of  the  stormiest  sessions  that  any  party  in  Maine 
ever  held. 

1897 

William  T.  Haines  elected  Attorney  General  of  Maine. 
Frank  K.  Shaw  appointed  Judge  of  the  Municipal  Court. 

Willard  M.  Dunn  appointed  postmaster  by  President  McKin- 
ley.  Mr.  Dunn  served  as  postmaster  until  July  4,  1906,  when  he 
was  succeeded  by  Perham  S.  Heald.  He  served  his  government 
in  this  capacity  for  twenty  years  in  a  highly  efficient  manner,  re- 
ceiving the  commendation  of  the  postoffice  department  on  numer- 
ous occasions  and  deserving  the  compliments  of  his  townsmen 
which  were  freely  bestowed. 

Myrtle  street  schoolhouse  built  under  the  direction  of  a  com- 
mittee, the  members  of  which  were  George  K.  Boutelle,  Henry  C. 
Prince,  S.  F.  Merrill,  Simon  S.  Brown,  and  A.  L.  Lane.  The  con- 
tract was  awarded  to  Stephen  F.  Brann.  The  building  was  ded- 
icated with  appropriate  services  Dec.  17. 

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CHRONOLOGY 


On  March  21  an  important  mass  temperance  meeting  was  held 
that  filled  the  old  city  hall  to  the  doors.  A  petition  was  circulated 
and  twelve  hundred  and  twenty-seven  names  secured,  requesting 
Mayor  Charles  H.  Eedington  to  instruct  the  city  officers  to  enforce 
the  prohibitory  law. 


CITY  BUILDING 

On  May  7,  1897,  at  a  public  meeting  the  citizens  of  the  city 
by  a  vote  of  five  hundred  and  twenty-six  in  favor  to  four  hundred 
and  four  opposed,  expressed  themselves  in  favor  of  incorporating 
the  City  Building  Commission  and  commencing  building  opera- 
tions at  once.  Work  was  commenced  by  removing  the  old  town 
hall  from  the  site  of  the  new  building  to  its  present  location  and 
excavation  was  made  preparatory  to  placing  the  foundation.  So 
much  discussion  had  arisen  regarding  the  advisability  of  erecting  so 
expensive  a  building,  and  the  opposition  was  so  strong,  that  the 
whole  question  was  in  a  state  of  violent  agitation  and  every  move 
towards  proceeding  with  the  work  was  opposed.  Those  in  favor  of 
erecting  the  building  were  persistent  in  their  demands  that  the 
work  be  pushed  to  completion,  regardless  of  all  opposition,  and 
the  condition  of  affairs  arrived  to  a  point  where  there  were  two 
parties  of  about  equal  strength,  numerically,  one  favoring  imme- 
diate building  and  the  other  claiming  a  conservative  position  that 
undue  haste  was  not  required  and  that  the  city  resources  should 
not  be  taxed  too  heavily.  Affairs  soon  came  to  a  point,  however, 
that  to  prevent  what  the  opposition  pleased  to  call  extravagance, 
some  decided  action  was  necessary  and  in  order  to  carry  their  point, 
the  Supreme  Court  was  appealed  to  and  an  injunction  granted 
restraining  the  city  from  proceeding  further  on  the  grounds  that 
the  legal  debt  limit  would  be  exceeded.  This  settled  the  question 
for  a  while  and  the  operations  were  immediately  stopped  and  the 
affairs  were  allowed  to  assume  their  own  course,  and  it  was  not 
until  1901  that  any  further  action  was  taken. 

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1898 

Andrew  L.  McFadden  re-elected  sheriff, 

Perham  S.  Heald  re-elected  to  a  seat  in  the  Maine  Senate. 

THE  SPANISH  WAR 

The  city  was  not  called  upon  to  raise  funds  for  war  expenses 
and  as  a  municipality  did  not  take  any  part  in  the  proceedings. 
The  wave  of  patriotism  that  swept  over  the  country  did  not  pass 
the  individual  however.  Co.  H,  2nd  Regiment,  N.  G.  S.  M.,  Capt. 
Shurtleff  commanding,  responded,  with  a  full  quota  of  men,  to  the 
Governor's  call  for  the  1st  and  2nd  regiments  to  go  into  camp 
at  Augusta.  They  left  the  city  on  May  2  and  were  given  a  rous- 
ing send-off  by  the  people.  The  streets  were  decorated,  business 
suspended  and  the  company  was  escorted  to  the  railroad  station  by 
the  Grand  Army  veterans,  secret  societies,  Colby  College  students 
and  a  body  of  citizens.  Patriotic  addresses  were  made  by  promi- 
nent citizens.  The  services'  of  the  company  as  a  body  were  not 
required  and  they  returned  to  the  city  after  a  short  sojourn  at 
camp.  A  large  number  of  the  company  enlisted  in  the  First  Maine 
Infantry  that  went  to  Chickamauga,  and  in  the  First  Maine  Heavy 
Artillery  that  were  on  duty  at  Savannah,  Ga.,  and  Havana.  Af- 
ter completing  the  duties  required  a  number  of  men  re-enlisted 
for  service  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  most  of  whom  were  mustered 
into  the  43rd  U.  S.  Infantry  where  all  saw  active  service  and  par- 
ticipated in  numerous  engagements. 

1899 

William  T.  Haines  re-elected  Attorney  General  of  Maine. 
Name  of  Colby  University  changed  to  Colby  College. 

KENNEBEC  WAEER  DISTRICT 

At  a  public  meeting  held  April  1,  by  a  vote  of  three  hundred 
and  fifty-five  in  favor  to  ten  opposed,  the  city  voted  to  approve 

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CHRONOLOGY 

an  act  of  the  Legislature,  entitled,  "An  act  to  incorporate  the 
Kennebec  Water  District."  The  act  had  l>een  approved  by  the  Gov- 
ernor on  March  17. 

This  was  the  first  public  move  towards  the  erection  and  com- 
pletion of  the  city's  present  splendid  million  dollar  water  plant. 
The  plan  was  originated  and  carried  to  a  successful  completion 
principally  through  the  efforts  of  one  of  the  city's  most  respected 
citizens,  Harvey  D.  Eaton.  Mr.  Eaton  worked  early  and  late  in 
his  efforts  to  secure  for  the  city  the  permission  to  carry  the  pure 
water  of  China  Lake  into  its  homes.  He  promulgated  the  char- 
ter, originated  the  idea  of  a  water  district,  secured  the  necessary 
legislation  to  warrant  its  success,  and  finding  that  owing  to  the 
new  class  of  corporation  he  had  organized  that  it  was  necessary 
to  have  laws  provided  so  that  savings  institutions  might  legally 
invest  their  funds  in  water  district  bonds,  he  went  ahead  and  was 
instrumental  in  not  only  obtaining  the  needed  legislation  in  Maine 
but  in  Massachusetts  as  well.  He  bought  the  pipe,  was  in  con- 
tinuous consultation  with  engineers,  Fecured  contracts,  inspected 
the  work,  guarded  the  district's  interests  everywhere,  and  finally  sold 
the  district  bonds  at  a  successful  figure.  Mr.  Eaton  was  not  all 
alone,  however,  in  contributing  to  the  success  of  the  plant.  Un- 
der the  terms  of  the  charter  the  City  of  Waterville  was  to  appoint 
two  members  of  a  board  of  trustees,  the  town  of  Fairfield  two,  and 
the  County  Commissioners  one.  Waterville  appointed  Frederick 
C.  Thayer  and  Walter  S.  Wyman,  Fairfield  appointed  Stephen  A. 
Nye  and  Virgil  R.  Connor,  the  County  Commissioners  appointed 
Ira  E.  Getchell  of  Winslow.  The  first  meeting  of  the  board  was 
held  April  13,  1899.  Frederick  C.  Thayer  was  elected  president, 
George  K.  Boutelle,  clerk,  and  Harvey  D.  Eaton,  counsel.  Mr. 
Connor  was  elected  as  a  member  of  the  board  for  one  year,  Mr. 
Wyman  for  two  years,  Mr.  Getchell  for  three  years,  Mr.  Nye  for 
four  years  and  Dr.  Thayer  for  five  years.  All  these  gentlemen 
were  untiring  in  their  labors  to  secure  the  successful  introduction 
of  pure  water  for  the  district's  needs  and  purposes. 

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The  district  is  composed  of  Waterville,  the  village  of  Fairfield, 
and  the  towns  of  Winslow  and  Benton.  The  board  of  trustees  for 
1907  are  Frederick  C.  Thayer,  Stephen  A.  Nye,  Virgil  E.  Connor, 
George  L.  Learned  and  Charles  E.  Warren. 

The  cost  of  acquisition  of  the  old  plant  from  the  Maine 
Water  Co.  was  $556,814.52.  The  total  cost  of  the  plant,  prop- 
erty, and  franchise  April  30,  1906,  $931,779.53. 

FINANCIAL  TABLE 


Cost  of  acquisition, 

$556,814  52 

Betterments. 

Building,  and  Fixtures, 

$       523  75 

Dams,  Hydrants,  etc., 

1,173  60 

Steam  Plant, 

39  35 

Station,  Machinery,  etc., 

2,092  03 

Street  Mains, 

102,464  36 

City  Hydrants, 

1,036  01 

Meters, 

163  13 

New  Sewers, 

571  03 

New  Supply, 

267,408  43 

Total  betterments, 

375,471  69 

Total, 

$932,286  21 

Deductions, 

506  68 

$931,779  53 

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1900 

Population,  9477. 

Polls,  2414. 

Estates,  $5,657,198. 

Population  Kennebec  County,  59,117 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

McKinley  and  Boosevelt,  Eep.,  870 
Bryan  and  Stevenson,  Dem.,  558 
Scattering,  37 

Andrew  L.  McFadden  elected  sheriff  of  Kennebec  County  for 
the  third  term. 

1901 

Frederick  E.  Boothhby  elected  mayor  of  Portland. 

William  T.  Haines  a  member  of  the  Governor's  Council.  Mr. 
Haines  occupied  this  position  until  the  election  of  his  successor  in 
1905. 

On  August  4  the  corner  stone  of  the  new  city  hall  was  laid. 
The  services  were  conducted  by  the  Masonic  bodies. 

On  Sept.  19  memorial  services  were  held  at  Monument  Park, 
commemorating  the  death  of  President  McKinley.  Business  was 
suspended  and  a  large  concourse  of  people  attended  the  ceremonies. 
Hon.  Charles  F.  Johnson  presided.  Prayer  was  offered  by  Eev.  A. 
O.  Pettengill.  Addresses  were  made  by  President  Charles  L. 
White  of  Colby  College,  Eev.  Edward  L.  Marsh,  and  Eev.  Father 
Charland.     The  benediction  was  pronounced  by  Eev.  Dr.  Pepper. 

CITY  BUILDING 

The  time  having  arrived  when  the  financial  condition  of  the 
city  would  permit  the  building  of  a  city  hall,  a  public  meeting 
was  called  and  the  members  of  the  city  government  were  authorized 

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and  instructed  to  proceed  with  the  building.  A  public  building 
committee,  composed  of  members  of  the  city  government,  was  ap- 
pointed as  follows :  Gedeon  Pieher,  E.  C.  Wardwell,  H.  R.  Mitch- 
ell, and  E.  E.  Decker.  Plans  were  immediately  made  whereby 
the  work  was  commenced.  The  contract  was  awarded  to  Horace  Pur- 
inton  &  Co.;  George  D.  Adams  was  the  architect.  The  building 
was  completed  in  1902  and  dedicated  at  the  centennial  celebra- 
tion. The  building  committee  for  1902  was  Mayor  Blaisdell,  Al- 
dermen E.  C.  Wardwell  and  George  L.  Learned,  Councilmen 
James  Greaney,  William  King  and  Leslie  P.  Loud. 

The  building  is  of  brick  with  sandstone  and  granite  trim- 
mings, is  nicely  located  facing  a  beautiful  little  park,  its  style  of 
architecture  is  very  pleasing  and  the  whole  is  a  source  of  justifi- 
able pride.  It  contains  offices  for  all  the  officers  of  the  various 
city  departments,  and  an  opera  house  with  a  seating  capacity  of 
eleven  hundred  and  ninety-four.  The  opera  house  is  nicely  ap- 
pointed and  splendidly  arranged  which  adds  considerable  to  the 
pleasure  of  its  patrons.  Mr.  Cornelius  B.  Kelleher  is  the  present 
manager  of  the  opera  house  and  is  furnishing  a  fine  line  of  enter- 
tainments, which  are  well  attended  and  highly  appreciated. 

1902 

Frederick  E.  Boothby  re-elected  mayor  of  Portland. 

The  Legislature  in  making  a  new  apportionment  and  redisrict- 
ing the  representative  classes  of  the  State  increased  Waterville's 
representation  in  the  House  of  Representatives  to  two. 

THE  CARNEGIE  GIFT 

Andrew  Carnegie,  the  millionaire  philanthropist,  presented 
the  city  with  a  gift  of  twenty  thousand  dollars  to  be  used  for  the 
erection  of  a  building  for  the  use  of  a  free  public  library.  He 
imposed  conditions,  that  he  has  made  in  all  similar  bequests,  that 

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the  city  should  provide  a  suitable  site  and  appropriate  a  sum  each 
year  for  the  uses  of  the  library,  equal  to  one-tenth  of  the  amount 
presented.  The  city  council  accepted  the  gift  with  the  provision 
that  they  should  appropriate  two  thousand  dollars  each  year.  A 
site  was  secured,  a  parcel  of  land  taken  by  right  of  public  domain 
from  the  Noyes  estate  on  Elm  street  for  which  the  commission 
allowed  the  estate  the  sum  of  thirty-three  hundred  dollars.  Plans 
were  made  to  build  as  soon  as  arrangements  could  be  made  and 
the  contract  was  let  to  Horace  Purinton  &  Co.,  a  Waterville  con- 
tracting firm. 

THE  CENTENNIAL  CELEBRATION 

June  22,  23,  24,  1902,  Waterville  celebrated  its  one  hun- 
dredth birthday  with  an  elaborately  planned  and  successful  three 
days'  celebration.  Fine  weather  contributed  towards  the  pleasure 
of  the  occasion  and  the  largest  gathering  of  people  that  ever  con- 
gregated in  the  city  was  present.  The  railroads  sold  twenty  thou- 
sand tickets  to  Waterville  during  the  three  days,  and  it  has  been 
estimated  that  at  least  five  thousand  people  arrived  in  the  city  by 
other  means  of  transportation,  making  a  total  of  twenty-five  thou- 
sand people  to  be  entertained  and  provided  for  in  addition  to  the 
home  population.  This  great  task  was  nicely  accomplished  and 
the  throng  of  visitors  returned  to  their  homes  enthusiastic  in  their 
praises  of  the  hospitality  of  the  city  and  its  people,  and  happy  in 
the  thoughts  of  the  pleasures  they  had  participated  in  and  the  beau- 
tiful and  inspiring  scenes  they  had  witnessed. 

The  people  of  the  city  took  up  the  matter  of  the  celebration 
several  years  before  the  event  and  it  was  an  object  of  discussion 
and  pleasant  anticipation  for  some  time,  but  it  remained  for  the 
board  of  trade  to  start  the  movement. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  board  held  in  September,  1901,  arrange- 
ments were  made  for  calling  a  public  meeting  Oct.  9  for  the  pur- 
pose of  ascertaining  the  sentiment  of  the  citizens  in  regard  to  how 

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and  when  the  city's  anniversary  should  be  celebrated.  Simon  S. 
Brown  called  the  meeting  to  order.  Frederick  C.  Thayer  was 
elected  chairman  and  Fred  W.  Clair,  secretary.  The  result  of  the 
meeting  was  the  appointment  of  a  committee  of  one  hundred  to 
arrange  for  the  celebration.  Oct.  18  the  Committee  of  One  Hun- 
dred met  at  the  Ware  Parlors  and  organized  as  follows:  Chair- 
man, Frederick  C.  Thayer;  Secretary,  Fred  W.  Clair;  Treasurer,  F. 
A.  Knauff;  Executive  Committee,  Frederick  C.  Thayer,  Fred  W. 
Clair,  F.  A.  Knauff,  Mayor  Martin  Blaisdell,  William  T.  Haines, 
Warren  C.  Philbrook,  Simon  S.  Brown,  Frank  Redington,  Edgar 
L.  Jones,  George  F.  Davies,  Edwin  C.  Whittemore,  Bert  P.  Wells, 
Henry  E.  Judkins,  E.  L.  Marsh,  Carroll  W.  Abbott,  J.  Frederick 
Hill,  Willard  M.  Dunn,  E.  R.  Drummond,  E.  C.  Wardwell,  Elwood 
T.  Wyman,  R.  W.  Dunn.  Sub  committees  were  appointed  to  ar- 
range for  the  minor  details.  Numerous  meetings  were  held  by  the 
various  committees  and  the  programme  and  all  the  incidentals 
necessary  to  have  it  successfully  carried  out  were  carefully  planned. 

In  the  meantime  the  committee  appointed  for  that  purpose  re- 
ported that  the  dates  decided  upon  for  the  celebration  were  Sun- 
day, Monday  and  Tuesday,  June  22,  23,  and  24.  The  finance  com- 
mittee was  instructed  to  raise  five  thousand  dollars  and  the  city 
appropriated  twenty-five  hundred  dollars. 

The  celebration  commenced  on  Sunday  with  religious  services 
in  all  the  churches.  Monday  the  23rd,  Waterville's  birthday,  the 
programme  opened  with  a  salute  of  a  hundred  guns,  and  the  pro- 
gramme for  the  day  included  among  many  other  things  the  dedica- 
tion of  the  new  city  building,  and  a  splendid  oration  by  Warren 
C.  Philbrook.  A  brilliant  reception  was  held  in  the  new  opera 
house  in  the  evening  which  was  attended  by  Governor  and  Mrs. 
John  F.  Hill.  Hundreds  of  former  citizens  of  the  city  passed  be- 
fore the  receiving  line  in  which  Mayor  Blaisdell  held  the  post  of 
honor.  Gov.  Hill  was  on  his  right  and  many  of  the  most  prominent 
citizens  and  their  ladies  assisted  the  Mayor  in  the  most  pleasing 

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CHRONOLOGY 

duties  of  extending  a  glad  welcome  to  the  many  sons  and  daughters 
of  Waterville  who  lived  abroad,  and  exchanging  congratulations 
with  the  folks  at  home. 

The  real  gala  day  of  the  celebration  was  Tuesday  the  24th. 
The  city  was  profusely  decorated,  it  seemed  as  if  everyone  tried  to 
outdo  his  neighbor  in  the  number  of  flags  or  yards  of  bunting  that 
he  could  display  upon  his  residence  or  on  his  place  of  business. 
The  crowning  feature  of  the  day,  in  fact  of  the  whole  three,  was 
the  great  parade  that  started  at  10  A.  M.  Dr.  Frederick  C.  Thayer 
was  Chief  Marshal  and  to  him  should  be  given  the  credit  of  orga- 
nizing and  starting  on  the  exact  minute  advertised  one  of  the 
most  elaborate,  costly  and  beautiful  local  parades  that  could  be 
organized  anywhere.  Dr.  Thayer  carefully  arranged  the  entire 
affair  and  his  plans  were  so  nicely  adjusted  that  it  was  not  possible 
for  it  to  be  otherwise  than  the  huge  success  that  it  was. 

The  Chief  Marshal  was  assisted  by  Dana  P.  Foster,  Adjutant 
and  Chief  of  Staff,  and  the  following  aids :  Dr.  A.  Joly,  Lowell  G. 
Salisbury,  Ernest  E.  Decker,  Cyrus  W.  Davis,  Horatio  D.  Bates,  J. 
Frederick  Hill,  Luther  G.  Bunker,  George  S.  Dolloff,  Howard  B. 
Snell,  George  H.  Grondin,  Elwood  T.  Wyman,  Hascall  S.  Hall,  and 
E.  E.  Goodwin. 

The  parade  was  in  five  divisions  and  was  thirty-eight  minutes 
in  passing  a  given  point,  there  were  four  bands,  thirty-five  men  on 
horseback,  five  hundred  and  ninety-four  men  on  foot,  twenty-two 
carriages,  and  ninety-five  floats  in  line. 

It  would  be  digressing  too  much  to  record  all  the  features  of 
the  parade,  but  although  not  exactly  municipal  history  and  cer- 
tainly not  political  history,  it  seems  fitting  to  mention  a  special 
feature  that  appeared  in  the  third  division  of  the  parade.  The 
famous  stallion,  Nelson,  2.09,  champion  trotting  stallion  of  the 
world  to  a  high  wheeled  sulky,  born  and  bred  in  Waterville,  was 
driven  by  his  equally  famous  owner,  C.  Horace  Nelson.    The  good 

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old  horse  whose  trotting  victories  have  carried  the  names  of  his 
owner  and  the  city  of  his  birth  to  all  parts  of  the  country,  was 
certainly  entitled  to  a  prominent  position  in  the  line,  and  right 
well  did  he  deserve  the  applause  he  received  on  every  hand. 

The  historical  part  of  the  programme  was  in  charge  of  a  lit- 
erary committee  of  which  Eev.  Edwin  C.  Whittemore  was  chair- 
man. Their  part  of  the  celebration  was  carefully  arranged  and 
successful  in  every  detail.  In  addition  to  the  numerous  exercises 
that  were  superintended  by  the  committee,  they  prepared  a  "cen- 
tennial history,"  which  has  proved  to  be  one  of  the  finest  local  his- 
tories published.  It  covers  a  large  field  and  although  quite  hastily 
prepared  is  a  marvel  of  correctness  and  a  lasting  credit  to  all 
who  assisted  in  its  production.  Rev.  Edwin  C.  Whittemore  was 
the  editor-in-chief.  The  associate  editors  were  Arthur  J.  Rob- 
erts, Franklin  W.  Johnson,  Mrs.  Martha  Baker  Dunn,  Mrs.  Estelle 
Foster  Eaton,  and  Horatio  D.  Bates.  The  earlier  history  was  pre- 
pared by  the  editor-in-chief  and  he  was  assisted  in  securing  his, 
data  by  all  the  associate  editors;  he  also  makes  special  mention  of 
the  labors  performed  by  Rev.  A.  L.  Lane,  and  others. 

The  chapters  are  beautifully  written,  the  dates  are  correct,  and 
all  show  that  great  care  had  been  exercised  in  obtaining  the  infor- 
mation required.  Numerous  chapters,  written  by  the  associate 
editors  and  others,  giving  the  history  of  churches,  organizations, 
and  members  of  the  bar,  and  a  varied  assortment  of  historical  sub- 
jects, including  an  admirable  military  history  by  General  I.  S. 
Bangs,  are  all  very  pleasantly  produced  and  a  credit  to  the  con- 
tributors. 


1903 

The  Waterville  &  Oakland  Street  Railway  Co.,  commenced 
running  their  cars  between  Waterville  and  Oakland  on  July  3. 

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SOUTH  GRAMMAR  SCHOOL  BUILDING 

At  a  meeting  of  the  city  government  Mayor  Cyrus  W.  Davis, 
Aldermen  Charles  H.  Barton,  and  Walter  E.  Reid,  and  Councilmen 
Geo.  A.  Priest,  Augustus  Marshall  and  Matthew  S.  Goodrich,  on 
the  part  of  the  city  government  and  Adelbert  L.  Rose,  Carroll  W. 
Abbott  and  Parker  W.  Hannaford  on  the  part  of  the  school  board, 
were  chosen  a  building  committee  to  superintend  the  erection  and 
provide  the  site  for  a  new  school  building  to  be  erected  in  the 
southern  part  of  the  city  to  be  known  as  the  South  Grammar 
School  Building.  The  committee  held  its  first  meeting  on  June 
10  and  organized  with  Mayor  Davis  as  chairman  and  Elwood  T. 
Wyman,  superintendent  of  schools,  secretary.  W.  M.  Butterfield 
was  chosen  as  the  architect  and  arrangements  were  made  for  the 
immediate  commencement  of  the  construction.  The  contract  was 
awarded  to  the  Proctor  &  Bowie  Co.  and  work  commenced.  The 
building  was  completed  late  in  the  fall  of  1904,  and  was  occupied 
for  the  first  time  Monday,  January  16,  1905.  The  building  was 
of  brick,  two  stories  high,  containing  ten  rooms  and  equipped  with 
modern  heating,  ventilating,  and  school  apparatus.  Following  is 
a  table  showing  the  cost  in  detail : 


Building  contract, 

$17,997  00 

Land  purchased, 

2,800  00 

Extras  on  building, 

1,238  58 

Plumbing  contract, 

1,407  78 

Heating  and  ventilating, 

5,279  00 

Painting, 

394  52 

Asphalt  walks, 

1,394  54 

Basement  work,  etc., 

337  95 

Wiring,  fixtures,  etc., 

940  72 

Furnishings,  desks,  etc., 

2,700  40 

Insurance, 

67  50 

$36,110  83 

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Sale  of  Summer  and  Redington 

St.  lots,  3,270  75 


$32,840  08 


1904 

VOTE  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Eoosevelt  and  Fairbanks,  Rep.,      915 
Parker  and  Davis,  Dem.,  543 

Scattering,  33 

Edgar  L.  Jones,  Chairman  of  the  Democratic  State  Committee. 

Charles  F.  Johnson,  delegate  to  the  Democratic  National  Con- 
vention at  St.  Louis. 

Central  Maine  Fair  Association  officially  opened  its  first  annual 
exhibition  on  Sept.  20  at  10  o'clock  A.  M.  The  president  of  the 
association  was  Edward  P.  Mayo,  secretary,  Elmer  E.  Smith,  treas- 
urer, C.  Guy  Hume. 

The  first  issue  of  the  Waterville  Morning  Sentinel  published 
on  March  3. 

Fred  W.  Clair,  candidate  of  the  Democratic  party  for  county 
attorney  of  Kennebec  County. 

The  corner  stone  of  the  Carnegie  Library  building  was  laid 
with  appropriate  ceremonies  on  June  8,  1904. 

GUBERNATORIAL  ELECTION 

At  a  Democratic  State  convention  held  at  City  Hall  on  July 
14,  1904,  Cyrus  W.  Davis  was  nominated  a  candidate  of  the  party 
for  Governor  of  Maine.  Up  to  the  eve  of  the  convention  it  had 
been  generally  understood  that  the  nomination  would  be  given  to 
Hon.  Samuel  W.  Gould  of  Skowhegan,  the  nominee  of  the  party 

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in  1902  and  Mr.  Davis  had  heartily  supported  the  candidacy  of 
Mr.  Gould,  but  the  delegates  to  the  convention  insisted  on  nom- 
inating the  Waterville  gentleman.  Mr.  Gould  did  not  withdraw 
from  the  contest,  but  the  demands  of  the  delegates  were  so  per- 
sistent that  Mr.  Davis  could  not  do  otherwise  than  accept  the 
nomination  which  was  tendered  with  a  burst-  of  enthusiasm  un- 
known in  Democratic  conventions  for  years.  The  nomination  was 
made  unanimous  upon  motion  of  Mr.  Gould  in  an  excellent  and 
gracious  speech.  Mr.  Davis  was  the  presiding  officer  of  the  conven- 
tion and  performed  the  duties  up  to  the  moment  of  the  nominating 
speeches,  when  it  became  so  apparent  that  he  would  be  nominated 
by  a  large  majority  on  the  first  ballot,  that  he  yielded  the  gavel 
to  Hon.  Simon  S.  Brown  of  Waterville,  who  performed  the  duties 
in  his  usual  able  manner  until  the  convention  adjourned. 

Mr.  Davis  made  an  excellent  campaign.  He  made  numerous 
speeches  discussing  State  issues  almost  entirely,  and  was  favorably 
received  wherever  he  appeared. 


Vote  of  the  State: 

Whole  number  of  votes, 

131,512 

William  T.  Cobb,  Rockland, 

Rep., 

76,962 

Cyrus  W.  Davis,  Waterville, 

Dem., 

50,146 

Nathan  F.  Woodbury,  Auburn,  Pro., 

2,788 

Wilbur  G.  Hapgood,  Socialist, 

1,590 

Scattering, 

26 

Republican  plurality, 

26,816 

Republican  majority, 

22,412 

Vote  of  Kennebec  County: 

William  T.  Cobb, 

6,857 

Cyrus  W.  Davis, 

4,902 

Vote  of  the  City: 

Cyrus  W.  Davis, 

1,089 

William  T.  Cobb, 

1,046 

Scattering, 

12 

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1905 

Dr.  A.  Joly  appointed  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Veteri- 
nary Examiners  by  Governor  Cobb. 

Carnegie  Library  building  dedicated  on  May  12.  The  build- 
ing is  a  notable  addition  to  the  city's  public  institutions.  It  is 
built  of  brick  with  granite  trimmings  of  unique  design,  and  splen- 
didly located.  The  library  itself  is  in  a  flourishing  condition,  its 
reading  rooms  are  nicely  lighted  and  conveniently  arranged,  and 
large  numbers  of  people  take  advantage  of  the  privilege  offered. 
Their  wants  are  carefully  attended  to  by  the  efficient  and  genial 
librarians,  and  the  public  is  appreciating  the  efforts  of  the  associa- 
tion in  their  endeavor  to  make  the  rooms  not  only  a  source  of 
pleasure  to  its  patrons,  but  an  institution  of  learning  for  the 
masses,  and  they  welcome  everyone  to  the  full  use  of  all  the  re- 
sources at  their  command.  Miss  Mary  Ellen  Caswell  is  librarian, 
and  Miss  Jennie  M.  Smith,  assistant  librarian.  They  are  ably 
assisted  in  their  duties  by  Philip  J.  Brown,  who  has  full  charge 
of  the  building. 

LOCKWOOD  COMPANY  TAXES 

At  a  public  meeting  held  at  the  armory,  April  19,  1905,  the 
citizens,  by  a  vote  of  162  in  favor  to  140  opposed,  voted  favorably 
upon  the  following  question:  "Will  the  voters  of  Waterville  in- 
struct the  assessors  to  put  a  valuation  upon  the  property  of  the 
Lockwood  Company  so  that  the  total  tax  upon  the  same  shall  be 
commensurate  with  the  changed  conditions  of  cotton  manufactur 
ing  in  the  North  as  compared  with  manufacturing  in  the  South." 
The  following  resolution  was  adopted : 

"Voted,  That  it  is  the  sense  of  this  meeting  of  the  duly  quali- 
fied voters  of  the  city  of  Waterville,  legally  called  and  held  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  charter  of  said  city,  that  for  each  year  for  ten 
years  next  hereafter  commencing  with  the  year  1905  a  tax  not 

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exceeding  fifteen  thousand  dollars  for  Municipal,  County  and  State 
taxes,  be  raised  upon  all  real  estate  and  personal  property  in  the 
city  of  Waterville,  belonging  to  the  Lockwood  Company,  and  that 
the  assessors  of  said  city  be,  and  are  hereby  directed  to  comply  with 
this  vote,  each  year  during  said  period,  either  by  a  decrease  in  the 
valuation  for  1904  of  the  property  of  said  company,  or  by  an 
abatement  of  so  much  of  any  tax  in  excess  of  said  sum  of  fifteen 
thousand  dollars  as  may  be  assessed  upon  said  property." 

May  3.  Special  meeting,  "To  see  if  the  city  will  rescind  the 
vote  passed  on  the  19th  of  April,  1905,  relating  to  the  taxation  of 
the  Lockwood  Company/' 

In  favor  of  rescinding,  374 

Opposed  to  rescinding,  387 

May  17.  Special  meeting.  Vote  by  wards.  "To  see  if  the 
city  will  rescind  the  vote  passed  on  the  19th  of  April,  1905,  relating 
to  the  taxation  of  the  Lockwood  Company." 

WARD  YES  NO 

1  158  0 

2  120  1 

3  93  0 

4  818  0 

5  136  0 

6  90  2 

7  75  0 


754  3 

In  the  last  meeting  those  who  favored  the  resolutions  of  April 
19,  did  not  take  part  in  the  proceedings. 

1906 

Warren  C.  Philbrook  appointed  Assistant  Attorney  General  of 
Maine. 

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MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

Edgar  L.  Jones,  chairman  of  the  Democratic  State  Com- 
mittee. 

Perham  S.  Heald  appointed  postmaster  by  President  Roose- 
velt.    He  assumed  his  duties  on  July  4. 

The  new  South  Grammar  School  building  was  burned  on  the 
night  of  March  9.  The  cause  of  the  fire  was  undetermined,  but 
was  supposed  to  have  been  caused  by  electric  wires  which  had  been 
made  defective,  owing  to  the  severe  storm  that  was  raging. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  EARTHQUAKE 

On  the  evening  of  April  20,  a  mass  meeting  of  the  citizens  was 
called  by  Mayor  Edgar  L.  Jones,  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
what  steps  should  be  taken  toward  the  relief  of  the  sufferers  occa- 
sioned by  an  earthquake  at  San  Francisco,  April  18.  The  meet- 
ing was  largely  attended.  President  Charles  Lincoln  White  of 
Colby  College  presided.  Remarks  were  made  by  many  citizens  and 
it  was  voted  that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  solieit  subscriptions 
for  the  purpose.  Mayor  Edgar  L.  Jones,  Mr.  Everett  R.  Drum- 
mond,  cashier  of  the  Waterville  Savings  Bank  and  Dr.  J.  Frederick 
Hill  were  appointed  as  the  committee.  They  commenced  their 
solicitations,  which  were  hardly  necessary,  however,  with  the  result 
that  a  large  sum  was  collected  and  forwarded  to  the  proper  authori- 
ties. 

REBUILDING  OP  SOUTH  GRAMMAR  SCHOOL 

On  March  12,  in  accordance  with  a  recommendation  in  the 
Mayor's  inaugural  address,  the  city  council  passed  an  order,  "That 
a  committee  of  five  be  raised  to  take  charge  of  the  building  of  the 
proposed  new  schoolhouse  to  take  the  place  of  the  one  recently 
burned,  said  committee  to  consist  of  the  following:  The  Mayor, 
Alderman  Brown,  two  persons  selected  by  the  Board  of  Education 
and  George  Fred  Terry."    The  board  of  education  chose  as  its 

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representatives,  Parker  W.  Hannaford  and  Harry  Belliveau.  This 
committee  held  its  first  meeting  and  organized  by  the  choice  of 
Mayor  Jones  as  chairman,  and  Dennis  E.  Bowman,  secretary.  Mr. 
W.  M.  Butterfield,  an  architect  of  Manchester,  N.  H.,  who  had 
drawn  the  plans  of  the  building  burned,  was  requested  to  prepare 
plans  similar  to  the  plans  of  the  former  building  in  essential  fea- 
tures. Changes  were  made  on  the  plans  that  added  four  feet  to 
the  height  of  the  building  which  improves  the  architectural  effect 
and  the  whole  interior  was  greatly  beautified  by  the  character  of 
the  finish.  The  general  oversight  of  the  work  was  placed  in  the 
hands  of  Mr.  Butterfield  and  Augustus  Marshall  was  employed  as 
inspector.     The  following  tabulation  shows  the  cost  of  the  building : 

H.  T.  Winters,  building  contract, 

Willey  &  Calhoun,  heating  and  ventilating, 

A.  L.  Franks,  electrical  contract, 

Gedeon  Picher,  plumbing  contract, 

Extras, 

Architect  and  Inspector, 

Furnishings,  desks,  chairs,  etc., 

Fuel, 

Insurance, 

Cleaning, 

Miscellaneous,  including  labor  for  removing  debris, 


Total, 


$22,060 

00 

3,220 

00 

1,442 

00 

1,069 

00 

149  91 

1,974  00 

2,448 

76 

142 

65 

300 

00 

58 

50 

1,629 

62 

$34,494  44 

GUBERNATORIAL  ELECTION 


At  a  Democratic  convention  held  at  Bangor  June  20,  Cyrus 
W.  Davis  was  nominated  as  its  candidate  for  Governor.  Fred- 
erick W.  Plaisted  of  Augusta  was  the  presiding  officer  of  the  con- 
vention which  was  very  largely  attended  and  very  enthusiastic. 
Mr.  Davis  was  the  only  candidate  for  the  nomination  and  no  other 
name  was  presented.     Every  delegate  present  was  enthusiastic  in 

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his  support  and  his  nomination  was  not  only  made  unanimous  by 
the  delegates  to  the  convention,  but  was  seconded  by  the  entire 
Democratic  party  in  Maine.  Mr.  Davis  made  a  brilliant  cam- 
paign, discussing  State  issues  entirely  and  presenting  a  mass  of 
detail  which  required  much  care.  His  eloquence  and  his  ability 
as  a  campaign  speaker  surprised  even  his  most  intimate  friends, 
while  his  pleasing  personality  together  with  his  effective  presenta- 
tion of  the  issues  of  the  campaign  made  him  votes  and  friends. 
Mr.  Davis  is  very  popular  in  his  home  city.  Republican  and 
Democrat  alike  respect  his  political  opinions,  confide  in  his  busi- 
ness ability,  vie  with  each  other  in  expressing  their  good  will,  and 
cherish  his  friendship. 

Mr.  Davis  succeeded  in  reducing  the  Republican  plurality  to 
less  than  eighty-one  hundred  votes.  He  carried  all  the  large  cities 
in  Maine  and  the  counties  of  Kennebec,  Knox,  Androscoggin,  and 
Cumberland. 

The  vote  of  the  State  was  as  follows: 

William  T.  Cobb,  Rep.,  69,427 

Cyrus  W.  Davis,  Dem.,  61,362 

Henry  Woodward,  Pro.,  1,133 

Charles  L.  Fox,  Socialist,  1,551 

Cyrus  Davis,  Dem.,  1 

Scattering,  26 

Vote  in  Kennebec  County: 


Cyrus  W.  Davis,  Dem., 
William  T.  Cobb,  Rep., 

6,136 
5,994 

Vote  in  the  city: 

Cyrus  W.  Davis,  Dem., 
William  T.  Cobb,  Rep., 
Scattering, 

1,258 

750 

24 

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CHRONOLOGY 

1907 

Waterville  Evening  Sentinel  started  publication  on  June  22 
and  suspended  Aug.  3. 

Waterville  Evening  Mail  suspended  publication  June  18.  The 
Mail  commenced  its  daily  evening  issues  January  29,  1896. 

Hon.  William  J.  Bryan  visited  Waterville  on  May  1,  and  deliv- 
ered a  lecture  at  the  opera  house  under  the  auspices  of  a  committee 
having  charge  of  a  lecture  course  at  Colby  College.  He  was  enter- 
tained at  the  "Gerald"  at  Fairfield  by  prominent  citizens  and  by 
the  Elks  in  this  city.  The  subject  of  his  address  was  "The  Value 
of  an  Ideal." 

CENSUS 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Waterville  Board  of  Trade  it  was 
voted  that  a  census  of  the  population  of  the  city  be  taken  in  con- 
nection with  the  annual  school  census  taken  by  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation. 

Eleven  thousand  five  hundred  and  fifty-five  people  were  found 
in  addition  to  a  considerable  number  of  Armenians,  Greeks,  and 
Syrians,  an  accurate  count  of  whom  it  was  difficult  to  obtain. 
Enough  were  counted,  however,  to  make  the  total  population  of  the 
city  slightly  in  excess  of  twelve  thousand. 

With  the  towns  of  Oakland,  Benton,  Fairfield,  Winslow,  China, 
Vassalboro,  and  the  village  of  Shawmut  connected  by  trolley  it 
makes  Waterville  the  immediate  business  center  for  more  than 
twenty-five  thousand  people. 

ST.  JOHNS  DAY 

One  of  the  most  successful  celebrations  in  the  history  of  the 
city  was  that  of  June  24,  25  and  26,  conducted  by  the  Catholic 
societies  in  the  celebration  of  St.   John's  Day.     Elaborate   and 

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carefully  prepared  plans  were  made  and  executed  in  a  brilliant 
manner.  Delegates  were  present  from  all  the  various  Maine  soci- 
eties, and  during  the  first  two  days  of  the  event  many  important 
business  meetings  were  held,  together  with  banquets  and  delight- 
ful pleasure  gatherings.  The  great  parade  of  the  twenty-sixth  was 
one  of  the  finest  ever  witnessed  in  Central  Maine,  and  probably 
more  people  were  in  line  than  in  any  parade  ever  held  in  Maine  on 
a  similar  occasion.  The  committee  in  charge  of  the  affairs  were 
untiring  in  their  efforts,  which  contributed  much  towards  making 
the  occasion  the  huge  success  that  it  proved  to  be. 

1908 

William  I.  Sterling,  candidate  of  the  Prohibition  party  for 
member  of  Congress. 

July  3.  Cars  of  the  Lewiston,  Augusta  and  Waterville  Kail- 
way  Company  commenced  their  regular  schedule  between  Winslow 
and  the  villages  of  North  and  East  Vassalboro. 

On  July  7,  Edgar  L.  Jones  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Demo- 
cratic National  Committee  by  the  delegates  from  the  State  of 
Maine  to  the  Democratic  National  Convention  at  Denver,  Colorado. 
Mr.  Jones  was  a  delegate  to  the  convention  from  the  Third  Con- 
gressional District. 

REPUBLICAN  CONVENTION  AT  BANGOR 

At  the  Kepublican  State  Convention  held  at  Bangor  on  June 
30,  William  T.  Haines  was  defeated  for  candidate  for  Governor. 

A  spirited  campaign  between  Mr.  Haines  and  Bert  M.  Fer- 
nald  of  Poland  had  been  waged  resulting  in  the  success  of  the  lat- 
ter candidate.  The  delegates  of  the  caucuses  in  the  various  cities 
and  towns  had  in  the  majority  of  the  cases  received  instructions  as 
to  whom  they  should  cast  their  ballots  for.     These  being  tabulated 

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by  the  various  newspapers  had  foretold  the  result  of  the  contest 
before  the  date  of  the  convention  arrived.  Although  Mr.  Haines 
had  a  large  following  in  the  convention  among  the  delegates  he 
decided,  after  carefully  looking  over  the  ground,  to  withdraw  in  the 
interest  of  party  harmony.  After  having  had  his  name  presented 
in  a  brilliant  nomination  speech  by  Hon.  Herbert  M.  Heath  of 
Augusta,  he  obtained  the  permission  of  the  convention  to  address 
them  for  a  few  moments,  and  in  a  characteristic  speech  he  with- 
drew his  name,  and  the  opposing  candidate  received  the  nomination 
by  acclamation. 

Waterville  Eepublicans  loyally  supported  Mr.  Haines'  candi- 
dacy during  the  entire  campaign  and  were  enthusiastic  in  their 
endeavors  to  secure  for  him  the  nomination. 

Republican  and  Democrat  alike  regretted  the  result  of  the 
convention  and  were  sorry  that  the  Republicans  of  Maine  did  not 
at  this  time  decide  to  confer  the  coveted  honor  upon  him,  but 
everyone  realizes  the  uncertainty  of  politics,  and  took  their  disap- 
pointment philosophically. 

Mr.  Haines  is  very  prominently  connected  with  Waterville 
affairs  and  has  the  respect  and  friendship  of  the  entire  commun- 
ity. He  has  been  very  successful  in  his  business  affairs,  both  legally 
and  commercially,  and  his  efforts  in  promoting  the  best  interests  of 
his  city  are  well  known  and  widely  appreciated. 

COUNTY  ELECTION,  SEPTEMBER  14 

Waterville  was  represented  on  the  county  ticket  by  five  candi- 
dates for  county  offices. 

On  the  Republican  ticket  Colby  Getchell  was  the  candidate 
for  Sheriff  and  Harold  E.  Cook,  for  Judge  of  Probate. 

On  the  Democratic  ticket,  Charles  F.  Johnson  was  a  candidate 
for  Senator  and  Mark  J.  Bartlett  candidate  for  Clerk  of  Courts. 

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The  Democratic  County  Convention  nominated  the  late  Simon  S. 
Brown  as  the  party  candidate  for  Judge  of  Probate.  A  vacancy 
on  the  ticket  was  caused  by  the  death  of  Mr.  Brown,  which  neces- 
sitated the  choosing  of  a  new  candidate  by  the  Democratic  County 
Committee.     Norman  K.  Fuller  was  selected. 

Colby  Getchell  was  elected  Sheriff  and  Harold  E.  Cook  was 
elected  Judge  of  Probate.  The  three  Democratic  candidates  were 
defeated. 

Following  is  the  vote  of  the  city  and  county: 

FOR  SHERIFF 

City 

Colby  Getchell,  Eep.,  936 

Frederick  W.  Plaisted,  Dem.,  1114 

County 
Colby  Getchell,  Eep.,  6893 

Frederick  W.  Plaisted,  Dem.,  6023 

FOR  JUDGE  OF  PROBATE 

City 

Harold  E.  Cook,  Rep.,  928 

Norman  K.  Fuller,  Dem.,  1160 

County 

Harold  E.  Cook,  Rep.,  7209 

Norman  K.  Fuller,  Dem.,  5877 

FOR  SENATOR 

City 

Charles  F.  Johnson,  Dem.,  1163 

George  E.  Macomber,  Rep.,  892 

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County 
Charles  F.  Johnson,  Dem.,  5909 

George  E.  Macomber,  Rep.,  7029 

FOR  CLERK  OF  COURTS 

City 

Mark  J.  Bartlett,  Dem.,  1167 

Chas.  W.  Jones,  Rep.,  904 

County 
Mark  J.  Bartlett,  Dem.,  5862 

Charles  W.  Jones,  Rep.,  7111 

MUNICIPAL  PROPERTY  LIST 

While  this  list  is  not  a  complete  schedule  of  the  city's  property,, 
it  contains  the  more  important  items,  and  the  valuations  set, 
though  approximate,  are  believed  to  be,  on  the  whole,  conservative 
estimates. 

Almshouse,  land  and  buildings,  $  6,500  00 

Personal  Property,  500  00 

$7,000  00 


Carnegie  library,  land  and  buildings, 

$32,500  00 

City  Building, 

90,000  00 

Furnishings, 

8,000  00 

Armory, 

3,000  00 

Land, 

10,500  00 

$144,000  00 
Fire  Department,  land  and  buildings,       $11,000  00 
Equipment,  9,600  00 

Three  one-horse  sprinklers,  700  00 

$21,300  0O 
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MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

Pine   Grove   Cemetery  assets,   securities 

outside  of  trust  fund,  and  land  unused  $4,400  00 

Mortuary  Chapel,  5,300  00 


Schools : 

High   School,  land,  buildings   and 

furnishings,  $  8,400  00 

Myrtle  Street,  land,  buildings  and 

furnishings,  15,000  00 

Brook   Street,   land,  buildings   and 

furnishings,  3,000  00 

North  Grammar,  land,  buildings  and 

furnishings,  25,000  ©0 

Western  Avenue,  land,  buildings  and 

furnishings,  4,000  00 

South  Grammar,  land,  buildings  and 

furnishings,  40,000  00 

South  Primary,  land,  buildings  and 

furnishings,  3,500  00 

Old  South  Primary,  1,000  00 

Webb  School,  100  00 


$9,700  00 


$100,000  00 
One  Adding  Machine,  $375  00 


$375  00 
Street  Department,  land  and  buildings,        $4,500  00 
Other  Property,  -       3,000  00 


$7,500  00 


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Street  Lights,  equipment,  $10,000  00 


Other  Real  Estate, 


Total, 
Municipal  Debt, 


$1,000  00 


$10,000  00 


$1,000  00 

$300,875  00 
$287,473  47 


BALANCE  SHEET 


Liabilities 


Bonded  debt, 

Interest  Bearing  Notes, 

High  School,  balance  undrawn, 

Hayden  Brook  Sewer,  balance  undrawn, 

J.  Stinson,  Treasurer,  1904, 


Resources 

Tax  Titles, 

N.  K.  Fuller,  Treasurer, 
H.  K.  Fuller,  Collector,  1906, 
N.  K.  Fuller,  Collector,  1907, 
Liquor  Agency,  stock  on  hand, 
F.  A.  Lincoln,  Collector,  1894, 


Net  Debt,  Feb.  1, 1908, 


$285,000  00 

30,400  00 

14  76 

1,223  65 

10  00 


$316,648  41 

$  1,331  80 

5,015  64 

3,377  93 

18,776  41 

473  19 

199  97 

$29,174  94 

$287,473  47 

$316,648  41 


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FINANCIAL  TABLE 

Year.                                       Valuation.  Debt. 

1888  .  $  67,524  43 

1889  $3,626,263  81,696  51 

1890  3,867,376  125,696  40 

1891  3,910,101  146,566  92 

1892  4,458,647  198,146  84 

1893  4,575,678  200,879  44 

1894  4,687,350  202,336  32 

1895  201,563  12 

1896  4,712,390  213,968  84 

1897  4,710,774  221,641  67 

1898  4,846,020  219,046  71 

1899  4,912,865  225,159  39 

1900  4,902,767  225,013  72 

1901  4,961,812  221,537  83 

1902  5,083,332  220,209  42 

1903  5,219,163  258,754  49 

1904  5,290,480  263,037  81 

1905  5,353,750  275,195  93 

1906  5,397,328  264,337  29 

1907  5,887,135  287,286  10 

1908  6,207,711  287,473  47 

The  above  figures  are  those  representing  the  amounts  at  the 
beginning  of  each  municipal  year.  The  valuation  of  the  city  taken 
since  the  inauguration  of  the  present  city  government  is  given  as 
$6,210,733.00. 


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List  of  Officers 


GOVERNORS  SINCE  THE  FIRST  SETTLEMENT 

Appointed  by  the  King  under  Second  Charter. 

1753-1755        William  Shirley. 
1756  Spencer  Phips,  Acting. 

1757-1759         Thomas  Pownal. 
1760-1768        Sir  Francis  Bernard,  Bart. 
1769-1773        Thomas  Hutchinson. 

1774  »  Thomas  Gage. 

Until  the  Constitution. 

1774,  Oct.,         A  Provincial  Congress. 
1775-1779        The  Council. 

Under  the  Constitution  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts. 

1780-1784  John  Hancock. 

1785-1786  James  Bowdoin. 

1787-1793  John  Hancock. 

1794-1796  Samuel  Adams. 

1797-1799  Increase  Sumner. 

1800-1806  Caleb  Strong. 

1807-1808  James  Sullivan. 

1809  Christopher  Gore. 

1810-1811  Elbridge  Gerry. 

1812-1815  Caleb  Strong. 

1816-1820  John  Brooks. 

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UNDER  THE  CONSTITUTION  OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE 

1820  William  King Bath 

1821  William  D.  Williamson,  Acting   Bangor 

1821  Benjamin  Ames,  Acting Bath 

1822  Albion  K.  Parris Paris 

1827  Enoch  Lincoln   Portland 

1829  Nathan  Cutler,  Acting Farmington 

1830  Jonathan  G.  Hunton Readfield 

1831  Samuel  E.  Smith Wiscasset 

1834  Robert  P.  Dunlap Brunswick 

1838  Edward  Kent    Bangor 

1839  John  Fairfield   Saco 

1841  Edward  Kent Bangor 

1842  John  Fairfield  Saco 

1843  Edward  Kavanagh,  Acting Damariscotta 

1844  Hugh  J.  Anderson Belfast 

1847         «       John  W.  Dana Fryeburg 

1850  John  Hubbard Hallowell 

1853  William  G.  Crosby  Belfast 

1855  Anson  P.  Morrill Readfield 

1856  Samuel  Wells Portland 

1857  Hannibal  Hamlin  Hampden 

1857  Joseph  H.  Williams,  Acting  Augusta 

1858  Lot  M.  Morrill Augusta 

1861  Israel  Washburn,  Jr Orono 

1863  Abner  Coburn  Skowhegan 

1864  Samuel   Cony    Augusta 

1867  Joshua  L.  Chamberlain Brunswick 

1871  Sidney  Perham  Paris 

1874  Nelson  Dingley,  Jr Lewiston 

1876  Seldon  Conner Augusta 

1879  Alonzo  Garcelon  Lewiston 

1880  Daniel  F.  Davis Corinth 

1881  Harris  M.  Plaisted  .' Bangor 

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LIST  OF  OFFICERS 

1883  Frederick  Eobie  Gorham 

1887  Joseph  B,  Bodwell Hallowell 

1887  Sebastian  S.  Marble,  Acting Waldoboro 

1889  Edwin  C.  Burleigh Bangor 

1893  Henry  B.  Cleaves  Portland 

1897  Llewellyn  Powers Houlton 

1901  John  F.  Hill Augusta 

1905  William  T.  Cobb Eockland 

LIST  OF  LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS 

Appointed  by  the  King  under  the  Second  Charter. 

1754-1757  Spencer  Phips 

1758-1769  Thomas  Hutchinson. 

1771-1773  Andrew  Oliver. 

1774  Thomas  Oliver. 

Elected  under  the  Constitution. 

1780-1787  Thomas  Cushing. 

1788  Benjamin  Lincoln. 

1789-1793  Samuel  Adams. 

1794-1799  Moses  Gill. 

1800-1801  Samuel  Phillips. 

1802-1806  Edward  H.  Bobbins. 

1807-1808  Levi  Lincoln. 

1809  David  Cobb.     , 

1810-1811  William   Gray. 

1812-1820  William  Phillips. 

MODERATORS  AND  DATES  OF  ANNUAL  TOWN  MEETINGS  FROM 
THE  INCORPORATION  OF  THE  TOWN  OF  WINSLOW— 1771-1802 

May  23,  1771,  Timothy  Heald;  Sept.  17,  1771,  Ezekiel  Pat- 
tee;  March  2,  1772,  John  Tozer;  March  8,  1773,  Ezekiel  Pattee; 
March  7,  1774,  Ezekiel  Pattee;  March  13,  1775,  Ezekiel  Pattee; 
March  4,  1776,  Jonah  Crosby;  March  3,  1777,  Ezekiel  Pattee; 

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MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

March  14,  1778,  Timothy  Heald,  Sr.;  March  5,  1779,  John  Mc- 
Kechnie;  March  6,  1780,  Ezekiel  Pattee;  March  5,  1781,  Nathaniel 
Low;  March  4,  1782,  Ezekiel  Pattee;  March  3,  1783,  Ezekiel  Pat- 
tee;  March  1,  1784,  Ezekiel  Pattee;  March  7,  1785,  James  Stack- 
pole;  March  6,  1786,  James  Stackpole;  March  5,  1787,  James 
Stackpole;  March  3,  1788,  Ezekiel  Pattee;  March  9,  1789,  Ezekiel 
Pattee;  March  1,  1790,  James  Stackpole;  March  7,  1791,  James 
Stackpole ;  March  5,  1792,  James  Stackpole ;  March  4,  1793,  James 
Stackpole;  March  3,  1794,  James  Stackpole;  March  16,  1795, 
Arthur  Lithgow;  March  7,  1796,  Arthur  Lithgow;  March  13,  1797, 
Josiah  Hayden;  March  5,  1798,  Arthur  Lithgow;  March  4,  1799, 
Thomas  Rice;  March  3,  1800,  Thomas  Rice;  March  9,  1801,  Thom- 
as Rice;  April  5,  1802,  Thomas  Rice. 

MODERATORS  AND  DATES  OF    ANNUAL  TOWN  MEETINGS  AFTER 
THE  INCORPORATION  OF   WATERVILLE—  1802-1887 

July  26,  1802,  Elnathan  Sherwin;  March  7,  1803,  Nathaniel 
Low;  March  5,  1804,  James  Stackpole;  March  11,  1805,  Ebenezer 
Bacon;  March  17,  1806,  Nathaniel  Low;  March  2,  1807,  Nathaniel 
Low;  March  14,  1808,  Nathaniel  Low;  March  13,  1809,  James 
Stackpole;  March  12,  1810,  Eleazer  W.  Ripley;  March  11,  1811, 
Samuel  Downing;  March  10,  1812,  Ebenezer  Bacon;  March  1, 1813, 
Samuel  Downing;  March  7, 1814,  Samuel  Downing;  March  6, 1815, 
James  Hasty;  March  4,  1816,  James  Hasty;  March  10,  1817,  Eben- 
ezer Bacon;  March  2,  1818,  Ebenezer  Bacon,  March  1,  1819,  Eben- 
ezer Bacon;  March  6,  1820,  Ebenezer  Bacon;  March  5,  1821,  Eben- 
ezer Bacon;  March  4,  1822,  Daniel  Cook;  March  3,  1823,  Ebenezer 
Bacon;  March  1,  1824,  Asa  Redington,  Jr.;  March  7,  1825,  Asa 
Redington,  Jr.;  March  6,  1826,  Timothy  Boutelle. 

March  5,  1827,  Asa  Redington,  Jr. ;  March  3,  1828,  Timothy 
Boutelle;  March  2,  1829,  Asa  Redington,  Jr.;  March  1,  1830,  Asa 
Redington,  Jr.;  March  7,  1831,  Samuel  Wells;  March  5,  1832, 
Samuel  Wells;  March  4,  1833,  Samuel  Wells;  March  3,  1834, 
Timothy  Boutelle;  March  2,  1835,  Alpheus  Lyon;  March  14,  1836, 

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LIST  OF  OFFICERS 

Timothy  Boutelle;  March  13,  1837,  Alpheus  Lyon;  March  12,  1838, 
Alpheus  Lyon;  April  8,  1839,  Timothy  Boutelle;  March  9,  1840, 
Timothy  Boutelle;  March  8,  1841,  Timothy  Boutelle;  March  14, 
1842,  William  Dorr;  March  13,  1843,  William  Dorr;  March  11, 
1844,  William  Dorr;  March  3,  1845,  William  Dorr;  March  9,  1846, 
Stephen  Stark;  March  15,  1847,  Stephen  Stark;  March  6,  1848, 
Stephen  Stark;  March  12,  1849,  Eldridge  L.  Getchell;  March  11, 
1850,  Eldridge  L.  Getchell;  March  10,  1851,  Theodore  0.  Saun- 
ders ;  March  8,  1852,  Joseph  Percival ;  March  14,  1853,  Joseph  Per- 
cival;  March  13,  1854,  Joseph  Percival;  March  12,  1855,  Solyman 
Heath;  March  10,  1856,  James  Stackpole;  March  9,  1857,  James 
Stackpole;  March  8,  1858,  Dennis  L.  Miliken;  March  14,  1859, 
James  Stackpole;  March  12,  1860,  Eldridge  L.  Getchell. 

March  11,  1861,  Solyman  Heath;  March  10,  1862,  Eldridge 
L.  Getchell;  March  9,  1863,  Thomas  W.  Herrick;  March  7,  1864, 
Joshua  Nye;  March  13,  1865,  Joshua  Nye;  March  12,  1866,  Joshua 
Nye;  March  11,  1867,  Joshua  Nye;  March  9,  1868,  Joshua  Nye; 
March  8,  1869,  Joshua  Nye;  March  14,  1870,  Solyman  Heath; 
March  13,  1871,  Solyman  Heath;  March  11,  1872,  Edmund  F. 
Webb;  March  10,  1873,  Edmund  P.  Webb;  March  9,  1874,  Ed- 
mund F.  Webb;  March  8,  1875,  Edmund  F.  Webb;  March  13, 
1876,  Edmund  F.  Webb;  March  12,  1877,  Eeuben  Foster;  March 
11,  1878,  Eeuben  Foster;  March  24,  1879,  Nathaniel  Meader; 
March  15,  1880,  Nathaniel  Meader;  March  14,  1881,  Nathaniel 
Meader;  March  13,  1882,  Eeuben  Foster;  March  12,  1883,  Eeuben 
Foster;  March  10,  1884,  E'dmund  F.  Webb;  March  16,  1885, 
Eeuben  Foster;  March  15,  1886,  Eeuben  Foster;  March  14,  1887, 
Charles  H.  Eedington. 

TOWN  CLERKS,  1771-1802 

1771-1780  Ezekiel  Pattee. 

1781  Zimri  Heywood. 

1782-1784  Ezekiel  Pattee. 

1785  Solomon  Parker. 

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MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

1786-1)87  James  Stackpole. 

1788-1791  Ezekiel  Pattee. 

1792-1795  Josiah  Hayden. 

1796  A?a  Eedington. 

1797  Josiah  Hayden. 
1798-1799  Edmund  Freeman. 
1800-1801  Jeremiah  Fairfield. 
1802  Charles  Hayden. 

TOWN  CLERKS,  1802-1887 

1802-1808  Abrjah  Smith. 

1809-1811  Thomas  C.  Norris. 

1812-1833  Abijah  Smith. 

1834-1836  Isaac  Eedington. 

1837-1846  Augustine  Perkins. 

1847-1849  Jones  E.  Elden. 

1850-1851  John  B.  Bradbury. 

1852-1855  Eldridge  L.  Getchell. 

1856-1860  Solyman  Heath. 

1861  John  B.  Bradbury. 

1862-1876  Everett  E.  Drummond. 

1877-1882  Leonard  D.  Carver. 

1883-1887  Sidney  Moor  Heath. 

SELECTMEN,  1771-1802 

1771  Ezekiel  Pattee,  Timothy  Heald,  John  Tozer. 

1772  Ezekiel  Pattee,  Eobert  Crosby,  Zimri  Heywood. 

1773  Ezekiel  Pattee,  Joseph  Carter,  John  Tozer. 

1774  Ezekiel  Pattee,  John  Tozer,  John  McKechnie. 

1775  Ezekiel  Pattee,  Jonah  Crosby,  Amanuel  Smith. 

1776  Ezekiel  Pattee,  Timothy  Heald,  Jonah  Crosby. 

1777  John  Tozer,  Jonah  Crosby,  Solomon  Parker. 

1778  Ezekiel  Pattee,  Solomon  Parker,  Ephraim  Osborne. 

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LIST  OF  OFFICERS 

1779  Ezekiel  Pattee,  Solomon  Parker,  John  McKechnie. 

1780  Ezekiel  Pattee,  John  McKechnie,  Jonah  Crosby. 

1781  Zimri  Heywood,  Solomon  Parker,  David  Webb. 

1782  Ezekiel  Pattee,  John  McKechnie,  Jonah  Crosby. 

1783  Ezekiel  Pattee,  Solomon  Parker,  Timothy  Heald. 

1784  Ezekiel  Pattee,  Zimri  Heywood,  Benjamin  Kunnels. 

1785  Elint  Barton,  James  Stackpole,  Benjamin  Runnels. 

1786  Ezekiel  Pattee,  James  Stackpole,  Zimri  Heywood. 

1787  James  Stackpole,  Ezekiel  Pattee,  Jonah  Crosby. 

1788  Ezekiel  Pattee,  James  Stackpole,  Jonah  Crosby. 

1789  Ezekiel  Pattee,  James  Stackpole,  Joseph  Cragin. 

1790  Ezekiel  Pattee,  James  Stackpole,  Asa  Soule. 

1791  James  Stackpole,  Asa  Soule,  Josiah  Hay  den. 

1792  James  Stackpole,  Josiah  Hayden,  David  Pattee. 

1793  Ezekiel  Pattee,  Josiah  Hayden,  David  Pattee. 

1794  Benjamin  Runnels,  Benjamin  Chase,  Obadiah  Williams. 

1795  Josiah  Hayden,  Arthur  Lithgow,  James  Stackpole. 

1796  Arthur  Lithgow,  Asa  Eedington,  Daniel  Carter. 

1797  Josiah  Hayden,  Asa  Soule,  Elnathan  Sherwin. 

1798  Josiah  Hayden,  Asa  Soule,  Elnathan  Sherwin. 

1799  Josiah  Hayden,  Elnathan  Sherwin,  Jonathan  Combs. 

1800  Josiah  Hayden,  Jeremiah  Fairfield,  Jonathan  Combs. 

1801  Josiah  Hayden,  Elnathan  Sherwin,  Jonathan  Combs. 

1802  Josiah  Hayden,  Elnathan  Sherwin,  Asa  Soule. 

SELECTMEN,  1802-1887 

1802  Elnathan  Sherwin,  Asa  Soule,  Ebenezer  Bacon. 

1803  Ebenezer  Bacon,  Asa  Soule,  Abijah  Smith. 

1804  Ebenezer  Bacon,  Asa  Soule,  James  Stackpole,  Jr. 

1805  Ebenezer  Bacon,  Samuel  Downing,  Abijah  Smith. 

1806  Ebenezer  Bacon,  Samuel  Downing,  Abijah  Smith. 

1807  Moses  Dalton,  Elnathan  Sherwin,  Samuel  Downing. 

1808  Moses  Dalton,  Samuel  Downing,  Asa  Soule. 

1809  Moses  Dalton,  Samuel  Downing,  Asa  Soule. 

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MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

1810  Samuel  Downing,  Jonathan  Combs,  Elnathan  Sherwin. 

1811  Moses  Dalton,  Samuel  Downing,  Micah  Ellis. 

1812  Moses  Dalton,  Samuel  Downing,  Micah  Ellis. 

1813  Moses  Dalton,  Samuel  Downing,  Daniel  Wells. 

1814  Moses  Dalton,  Samuel  Downing,  Jonathan  Combs. 

1815  John  Hasty,  Baxter  Crowell,  Micah  Ellis. 

1816  John  Hasty,  Baxter  Crowell,  Micah  Ellis. 

1817  Ebenezer  Bacon,  Jonathan  Combs,  Moses  Dalton. 

1818  Ebenezer  Bacon,  Jonathan  Combs,  Moses  Dalton. 

1819  Ebenezer  Bacon,  Baxter  Crowell,  Asa  Redington,  Jr. 

1820  Ebenezer  Bacon,  Baxter  Crowell,  Asa  Eedington,  Jr. 
Note:  Asa  Eedington,  Jr.,  declined  to  serve  as  selectman  and 

on  March  9,  Nehemiah  Getchell  was  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy. 

1821  Ebenezer  Bacon,  Nehemiah  Getchell,  Joseph  H.  Hallett. 

1822  James  Stackpole,  Jr.,  Nehemiah  Getchell,  Joseph  H. 
Hallett. 

Note :  These  gentlemen  declined  to  serve  and  on  March  9,  the 
following  gentlemen  were  elected :  Asa  Redington,  Jr.,  Baxter 
Crowell,  Perley  Low. 

1823  Ebenezer  Bacon,  Baxter  Crowell,  Richard  M.  Dorr. 

1824  Asa  Redington,  Jr.,  Baxter  Crowell,  Perley  Low. 

1825  Asa  Redington,  Jr.,  Alpheus  Lyon,  Joseph  H.  Hallett. 

1826  Asa  Redington,  Jr.,  Alpheus  Lyon,  Joseph  Warren. 

1827  Alpheus  Lyon,  Hall  Chase,  Benjamin  Corson. 

1828  Asa  Redington,  Jr.,  Benjamin  Corson,  Perley  Low. 

1829  Asa  Redington,  Jr.,  Benjamin  Corson,  Perley  Low. 

1830  Alpheus  Lyon,  Daniel  Wells,  Hiram  C.  Warren. 

1831  Alpheus  Lyon,  Daniel  Wells,  Hiram  C.  Warren. 

1832  William  Pearson,  Hiram  C.  Warren,  Joseph  Hitchings. 

1833  Eben  F.  Bacon,  Jonathan  Combs,  Jr.,  Perley  Low. 

1834  Ebenezer  Balkcom,  Hiram  Crowell,  Isaiah  Marston. 

1835  Eben  F.  Bacon,  Jonathan  Combs,  Jr.,  Perley  Low. 

1836  Alpheus  Lyon,  Jonathan  Combs,  Jr.,  Nathaniel  Getch- 
ell. 

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LIST  OF  OFFICERS 


1837     Isaac  Bedington,  Nehemiah  Getchell,  Solomon  Berry. 

Note :  On  May  6,  it  was  voted  that  four  additional  selectmen  be 
elected  to  assist  in  the  "distribution  of  the  public  money."  The 
following  were  elected:  Benjamin  P.  Manley,  Perley  Low,  Daniel 
Soule  and  William  Hume. 


1838 
1839 
1840 
1841 
1842 

ders. 

1843 

Saunders. 
1844 

Shores. 
1845 
1846 
1§47 
1848 
1849 
1850 

Winslow. 
1851 
1852 
1853 
1854 

worth. 
1855 
1856 

mett. 

1857 

mett. 

1858 
1859 


Alpheus  Lyon,  Jonathan  Combs,  Jr.,  Perley  Low. 
Daniel  Paine,  Sewall  Benson,  Enos  Foster. 
Samuel  Appleton,  Joseph  Hitchings,  Samuel  Doolittle. 
Samuel  Appleton,  Joseph  Hitchings,  Samuel  Doolittle. 
Samuel  Appleton,  Joseph  Hitchings,  Theodore  0.  Saun- 

Samuel    Appleton,    Joseph    Hitchings,    Theodore    0. 

Samuel  Appleton,  Jonathan   Combs,  Jr.,  Thomas  J. 

Samuel  Appleton,  Charles  Hallett,  Samuel  Doolittle. 
Samuel  Appleton,  Charles  Hallett,  Samuel  Doolittle. 
Samuel  Doolittle,  Johnson  Williams,  Levi  Eicker. 
Samuel  Doolittle,  Johnson  Williams,  Levi  Eicker. 
Eldridge  L.  Getchell,  Alpheus  Lyons,  Alfred  Winslow. 
Samuel    Appleton,    Theodore     0.     Saunders,    Alfred 

Theodore  0.  Saunders,  Charles  Hallett,  Alpheus  Lyon. 
Samuel  Doolittle,  Joseph  Hitchings,  Charles  H.  Thayer. 
Samuel  Doolittle,  Joseph  Hitchings,  Charles  H.  Thayer. 
Samuel    Doolittle,    Joseph    Hitchings,    George    Went- 

Charles  H.  Thayer,  Charles  Hallett,  George  Wentworth. 
Charles  H.  Thayer,  Charles  Hallett,  Llewellyn  Crom- 

Charles  H.  Thayer,  Charles  Hallett,  Llewellyn  Crom- 

Joseph  Percival,  Charles  Hallett,  George  Wentworth. 
Joseph  Percival,  Benjamin  Hersom,  George  Wentworth. 


199 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 


1860 
1861 
1862 
1863 
1864 
1865 
1866 
1867 

mett. 

1868 
1869 
1870 
1871 
1872 

Shores. 
1873 
1874 

ton. 

1875 

ton. 

1876 

Arnold. 
1877 

Gray. 


Charles  H.  Thayer,  John  M.  Libby,  Noah  Boothby. 
Charles  H.  Thayer,  John  M.  Libby,  Noah  Boothby. 
Charles  H.  Thayer,  John  M.  Libby,  Noah  Boothby. 
Noah  Boothby,  John  M.  Libby,  Llewellyn  Crommett. 
Joseph  Percival,  Benjamin  Hersom,  Charles  A.  Dow. 
Joseph  Percival,  Benjamin  Hersom,  Charles  A.  Dow. 
Noah  Boothby,  William  H.  Hatch,  Thomas  W.  Herrick. 
Noah  Boothby,  William  H.   Hatch,  Llewellyn  Crom- 

Noah  Boothby,  Samuel  Blaisdell,  Llewellyn  Crommett. 
Noah  Boothby,  John  M.  Libby,  William  Balentine. 
Albion  P.  Benjamin,  John  M.  Libby,  George  Rice. 
Albion  P.  Benjamin,  John  M.  Libby,  George  Eice. 
Albion   P.    Benjamin,   Winthrop    Morrill,    George    E. 

Reuben  Foster,  Winthrop  Morrill,  Noah  Boothby. 
Reuben  Foster,  Winthrop  Morrill,  Charles  H.  Reding- 

Reuben  Foster,  Winthrop  Morrill,  Charles  H.  Reding- 

Charles   H.   Redington,  Martin  Blaisdell,  Willard  B. 

Charles  H.  Redington,  Winthrop  Morrill,  Charles  E. 


Note :  On  Aug.  27,  a  special  town  meeting  was  called  to  elect 
a  selectman  to  fill  a  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  Winthrop  Mor- 
rill.   Mark  Gallert  was  elected. 

1878  Charles  K.  Matthews,  Charles  E.  Mitchell,  L.  Eugene 
Thayer. 

1879  Stephen  I.  Abbott,  Charles  E.  Mitchell,  L.  Eugene 
Thayer. 

1880  Stephen  I.  Abbott,  Charles  E.  Mitchell,  George  Jewell. 

1881  Stephen  I.  Abbott,  Charles  E.  Mitchell,  George  Jewell. 

200 


LIST  OF  OFFICERS 

1882  Eldridge  L.  Getchell,  L.  Eugene  Thayer,  George  E. 
Shores. 

1883  Eldridge  L.  Getchell,  L.  Eugene  Thayer,  Fred  Pooler. 

1884  Nathaniel  Meader,  Charles  E.  Mitchell,  George  Jewell. 

1885  Charles  E.  Mitchell,  Dean  P.  Buck,  John  F.  Merrill. 

1886  Charles  E.  Mitchell,  Dean  P.  Buck,  George  W.  Eeynolds. 

1887  Charles  H.  Eedington,  Fred  Pooler,  Howard  C.  Morse. 

TREASURERS,  1771-1802 

1771-1780  Ezekiel  Pattee. 

1781  Zimri  Hey  wood. 

1782-1793  Ezekiel  Pattee. 

1794-1795  Timothy  Heald. 

1796  Nehemiah  Getchell. 

1797  Timothy  Heald. 

1798  James  Stackpole. 
1799-1800  Timothy  Heald. 
1801-1802  Asa  Eedington. 

TREASURERS,  1802-1887 


1802-1815 

David  Pattee. 

1816 

Eufus  Blackwell. 

1817-1821 

Daniel  Cook. 

1822-1823 

Abijah  Smith. 

1824-1825 

Asa  Eedington,  Jr. 

1826-1827 

James  Burleigh. 

1828-1830 

Asa  Eedington,  Jr. 

1831-1832 

James  Stackpole,  Jr. 

1833 

Asil  Stilson. 

1834 

James  Stackpole,  Jr. 

1835 

Nathaniel  D.  Crommett 

1836-1837 

Augustine  Perkins. 

1838 

Eben  F.  Bacon. 

201 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 


1839-1842 

James  Stackpole,  Jr. 

1843-1844 

Eldridge  L.  Getchell. 

1845-1846 

Oliver  Paine. 

1847-1850 

Nathaniel  Stedman. 

1851-1855 

Eldridge  L.  Getchell. 

1856-1859 

Ira  H.  Low. 

1860-1867 

Charles  E.  McFadden, 

1868-1869 

Ira  H.  Low. 

1870-1872 

William  McCartney. 

1873 

Charles  H.  Redington. 

1874 

Levi  A.  Dow. 

1875 

Marshall  C.  Percival. 

1876 

Joseph  Percival. 

1877 

John  Ware,  Jr. 

1878-1886 

Edward  H.  Piper. 

1887 

Charles  F.  Johnson. 

TOWN  AGENTS,  1 

1803 

Nathaniel  Low. 

1804-1805 

Asa  Redington. 

1806 

Jeremiah  Fairfield. 

1807 

Ebenezer  Bacon. 

1808 

Jonathan  Combs. 

1809-1810 

Eleazer  W.  Ripley. 

1811 

Timothy  Boutelle. 

1812-1813 

Reuben  Kidder. 

1814-1815 

Benjamin  Foster. 

1816-1828 

Timothy  Boutelle. 

1829 

Samuel  Wells. 

1830 

Asa  Redington,  Jr. 

1831 

Timothy  Boutelle. 

1832-1833 

Samuel  Wells. 

1834-1837 

Timothy  Boutelle. 

1838 

David  Combs. 

202 


LIST  OF  OFFICERS 


1839-1843 

Timothy  Boutelle. 

1844 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor. 

1845-1847 

Stephen  Stark. 

1848-1850 

Harrison  A.  Smith. 

1851 

Thomas  W.  Herrick. 

1852 

Stephen  Stark. 

1853-1854 

Josiah  H.  Drummond. 

1855 

Solyman  Heath. 

1856-1857 

Josiah  H.  Drummond. 

1858 

James  Stackpole. 

1859-1861 

Solyman  Heath. 

1862-1863 

Edmund  F.  Webb. 

1864-1865 

Eeuben  Foster. 

1866-1868 

Edmund  F.  Webb. 

1869 

Eeuben  Foster. 

1870-1872 

John  Ayer. 

1873-1874 

Edmund  F.  Webb. 

1875 

Eeuben  Foster. 

1876-1877 

Edmund  F.  Webb. 

1878 

Eeuben  Foster. 

1879-1880 

Leonard  D.  Carver. 

1881-1882 

Edmund  F.  Webb. 

1883 

Simon  S.  Brown. 

1884-1887 

Eeuben  Foster. 

CITY  OFFICERS 


AFTER  THE  DIVISION  OF  THE  CITY  INTO  WARDS 


MAYORS 

1888 

Eeuben  Foster. 

1889-1890 

Nathaniel  Meader. 

1891-1892 

Edgar  L.  Jones. 

1893 

Charles  F.  Johnson. 

1894-1895 

Christian  Knauff. 

203 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATBRVILLB 


1896 

Edmund  F.  Webb. 

1897 

Charles  H.  Kedington. 

1898 

Carroll  W.  Abbott. 

1899-1900 

Warren  C.  Philbrook. 

1901-1902 

Martin  Blaisdell. 

1903-1904 

Cyrus  W.  Davis. 

1905 

Horace  Purinton. 

1906 

Edgar  L.  Jones. . 

1907-1908 

Luther  G.  Bunker. 

ALDERMEN 

Ward  One 

1889-1892 

Simon  S.  Brown. 

1893 

Albert  B.  Spencer. 

1894 

George  M.  Lovering. 

1895 

Edward  C.  Lasselle. 

1896-1897 

Fred  D.  Lunt. 

1898 

Mortimer  E.  Adams. 

1899 

James  Toomey. 

1900 

Fred  D.  Lunt. 

1901 

Charles  H.  Barton. 

1902 

William  Vaughn. 

1903-1906 

Charles  H.  Barton. 

1907 

John  P.  Baxter. 

1908 

Emery  W.  Cook. 

Ward  Two 

1889 

George  A.  Alden. 

1890-1892 

Eichard  J.  Barry. 

1893 

Fred  Burgess. 

1894 

Horace  A.  Toward. 

1895 

John  J.  Foley. 

1896-1897 

George  A.  Wilson. 

1898 

Frank  M.  Band. 

1899 

Frank  B.  Lowe. 

204 


LIST  OF  OFFICERS 


1900 

Chester  F.  Rowe. 

1901 

Sherman  L.  Berry. 

1902 

Frank  M.  Eand. 

1903-1904 

Owen  W.  Clement. 

1905 

Ernest  L.  Gove. 

1906 

Chester  F.  Rowe. 

1907-1908 

Charles  D.  Sayward. 

Ward  Three 

1889-1890 

Charles  A.  Hill. 

1891-1892 

Matthew  S.  Goodrich. 

1893 

Jesse  Stinson. 

1894 

Stanford  H.   Chase. 

1895-1896 

Colby  Getchell. 

1897 

George  K.  Boutelle. 

1898-1900 

Charles  F.  Keith. 

1901 

Everett  C.  Wardwell. 

1902-1903 

Charles  F.  Keith. 

1904 

Frank  W.  Alden. 

1905 

Matthew  S.  Goodrich. 

1906-1907 

Fred  A.  Wing. 

1908 

Albert  F.  Drammond. 

Ward  Four 

1889 

Frederick  C.  Thayer. 

1890 

Moses  C.  Foster. 

1891-1894 

Everett  R.  Drammond. 

1895-1896 

Thomas  R.  Ransted. 

1897 

Amos  E.  Purinton. 

1898 

Thomas  E.  Ransted. 

1899-1900 

George  F.  Davies. 

1901 

Horace  Perkins. 

1902 

Everett  C.  Wardwell. 

1903 

Charles  C.  Follett. 

205 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLB 

1904  Edgar  L.  Jones. 

1905  George  F.  Davies. 

1906  Simon  S.  Brown. 

1907  Miller  F.  Colby. 

1908  Frank  B.  Hubbard. 

Ward  Five 

1889  Charles  G.  Carleton. 

1890  Charles  E.  Matthews. 
1891-1892  George  A.  Phillips. 

1893  Christian  Knauff. 

1894  F.  Aug.  Ejiauff. 

1895  Frank  W.  Noble. 

1896  William  M.  Lincoln. 

1897  Evander  Gilpatrick. 

1898  Calvin  W.  Gilman. 

1899  Charles  F.  Johnson. 

1900  George  L.  Learned. 

1901  Robert  L.  Proctor. 

1902  George  L.  Learned. 
1903-1904  Robert  H.  Union. 
1905-1906  Edmund  D.  Noyes. 

1907  Seldon  E.  Whitcomb. 

1908  John  A.  Davison. 

Ward  Six 

1899-1900  Charles  H.  Eedington. 

1891-1892  Paul  Marshall. 

1893  Gedeon  Picher. 

1894  John  A.  Lang. 

1895  Abraham  Reny. 
1896-1897  John  A.  Lang. 

1898  J.   Fred  Pollard. 

1899  John  A.  Lang. 

206 


LIST  OF  OFFICERS 


1900-1902 

Joel  L.  Foster. 

1903 

Walter  E.  Eeid. 

1904-1905 

Arthur  Daviau. 

1906-1907 

Joseph  E.  Poulin. 

1908 

John  L.  Fortier. 

Ward  Seven 

1889 

Howard  C.  Morse. 

1890-1892 

James  K.  Soule. 

1893 

A.  W.  Merrill. 

1894 

Alexander  A.  Yates. 

1895 

Luther  S.  Eackliff. 

1896 

Abraham  H.  Eeny. 

1897 

James  C.  Eancourt. 

1898-1901 

Gedeon  Picher. 

1902 

Joseph  Boshan,  Jr. 

1903 

Fred  Pooler. 

1904-1905 

Joseph  Boshan,  Jr. 

1906 

Aime  Nedeau. 

1907 

Harry  Belliveau. 

1908 

Augustus  Cary. 

COUNCILMEN 

Ward  One 

1889  Appleton  Webb,  Parker  W.  Hannaford. 

1890  Parker  W.  Hannaford,  Albert  B.  Spencer. 
1891-1892  Albert  B.  Spencer,  John  J.  Eeid. 

1893  Patrick  McLaughlin,  Louis  S.  Marquis. 

1894  Parker  W.  Hannaford,  George  A.  Wilson. 

1895  Frank  Williams,  George  Fitzgerald. 
1896-1897  Frank  Williams,  J.  H.  N".  Penney. 
1898  Frank  Williams,  Lorenzo  C.  Allen. 
1899-1900  Charles  Kelsey,  Howard  J.  Libby. 

207 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

1901  Howard  B.  Mitchell,  Henry  0.  Preble. 

1902  Daniel  C.  Wade,  Elvin  Allen. 

1903  Charles  S.  Pratt,  George  A.  Priest. 
1904-1906  William  B.  Donovan,  Charles  M.  Eichardson. 

1907  Henry  J.  Collins,  James  A.  Lightbody. 

1908  George  L.  Morse,  William  Johnson. 

Ward  Two 

1889  Eichard  J.  Barry,  Owen  W.  Clement. 

1890  Owen  W.  Clement,  William  Murray. 
1891-1892  William  P.  Putnam,  David  P.  Stowell. 

1893  Moses  Butler,  Stephen  H.  Morrill. 

1894  Arthur  J.  Alden,  Charles  F.  Ayer. 
1895-1896  Joseph    Darveau,    George   F.    Gile. 

1897  Joseph  Darveau,  Chester  F.  Eowe. 

1898  Frank  B.  Lowe,  George  H.  Vigue. 

1899  Henry  T.  Winters,  George  H.  Vigue. 

1900  Henry  Butler,  Edward  L.  Hall. 

1901  Henry  Butler,  Hiram  O.  Pierce. 

1902  Charles  C.  Bridges,  Moses  Butler. 

1903  Philip  J.  Brown,  Augustus  Marshall. 

1904  Augustus  Marshall,  Edward  L.  Hall. 

1905  Henry  T.  Winters,  Joseph  Butler,  Jr. 

1906  Louis  S.  Marquis,  Dana  U.  Clement. 

1907  Henry  T.  Winters,  C.  Freemont  Eowe. 

1908  Henry  T.  Winters,  H.   Ora  Pierce. 

Ward  Three 

1889-1890  Cyrus  W.  Davis,  Wallace  B.  Smith. 

1891-1892  Crosby  Shorey,  Edward  C.  Herrin. 

1893  Stanford  H.  Chase,  Samuel  L.  Lintern. 

1894  J.  Frank  Elden,  Josiah  G.  Darrah. 

1895  Josiah  G.  Darrah,  Warren  M.  True. 

1896  Charles  F.  Ayer,  Henry  C.  Prince. 

208 


Frank  Redington 


LIST  OF  OFFICERS 

1897  Charles  F.  Ayer,  Henry  C.  Prince. 

1898  Henry  Hoxie,  John  A.  Vigue. 
1899-1900  Henry  C.  Prince,  Howard  B.  Snell. 
1901  Henry  C.  Prince,  Elwood  M.  Jepson. 
1902-1903  Matthew  S.  Goodrich,  Frank  W.  Alden. 

1904  Gorham  C.  Carr,  Austin  Bragg. 

1905  Frank  B.  Philbrick,  Fred  A.  Wing. 
1906-1907  Albert  F.  Drummond,  Lincoln  O.  Hanscom. 
1908  Gorham  C.  Carr,  Lincoln  O.  Hanscom. 

Ward  Four 

1889  Addison  Dolley,  Charles  A.  Flood. 

1890  Everett  R.  Drummond,  Albion  P.  Emery. 
1891-1892  George  M.  Reynolds,  James  L.  Merrick. 
1893-1894  Thomas  E.  Ransted,  Amos  E.  Purinton. 
1895-1896  Amos  E.  Purinton,  Oscar  G.  Springfield. 

1897  George  F.  Davies,  Oscar  G.  Springfield. 

1898  George  F.  Davies,  Elwood  M.  Jepson. 

1899  Horace  Perkins,  Elwood  M.  Jepson. 

1900  Horace  Perkins,  Llewellyn  Morrill. 

1901  Ernest  E.  Decker,  Lowell  G.  Salisbury. 

1902  Ernest  E.  Decker,  Llewellyn  Morrill. 

1903  Luke  B.  Spencer,  Joseph  P.  Giroux. 

1904  Luke  B.  Spencer,  Carroll  N.  Perkins. 

1905  Jean  C.  Tufts,  Josiah  C.  Fuller. 

1906  Miller  T.  Colby,  William  R.  Toulouse. 

1907  L.  Eugene  Thayer,  Charles  H.  Vigue. 

1908  Harry  E.  Green,  Bert  W.  Wilcox. 

Ward  Five 

1889  M.  L.  Page,  Charles  E.  Matthews. 

1890  H.  W.  Sturtevant,  Robert  L.  Proctor. 
1891-1892  Daniel   Sibley,  Christian  Knauff. 
1893  Frank  W.  Noble,  William  M.  Lincoln. 

209 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

1894  Frank  W.  Noble,  George  L.  Learned. 

1895  George  L.  Learned,  Edmund  D.  Noyes. 

1896  Martin  Blaisdell,  Eoscoe  J.  Bowler. 

1897  Edmund  D.  Noyes,  A.  F.  Merrill. 

1898  Martin  Blaisdell,  Herbert  B.  Holland. 

1899  George  E.  Hallowell,  Herbert  B.  HoUand. 

1900  George  E.  Hallowell,  Edmund  D.  Noyes. 

1901  George  E.  Hallowell,  Samuel  W.  Fuller. 

1902  Leslie  P.  Loud,  Robert  H.  Union. 

1903  Leslie  P.  Loud,  Edgar  J.  Brown. 

1904  Edgar  J.  Brown,  John  A.  Davison. 

1905  Edgar  J.  Brown,  Selden  E.  Whitcomb. 

1906  John  A.  Davison,  Selden  E.  Whitcomb. 

1907  J.  Frank  Partridge,  George  E.  Hallowell. 

1908  J.  Frank  Partridge,  J.  M.  Barker. 

Ward  Six 

1889-1890  Charles  Bushey,  Oscar  E.  Emerson. 

1891-1892  Gedeon  Picher,  Orrin  P.  Richardson. 

1893  Charles  Bushey,  George  S.  Richardson. 

1894  Andrew  Dusty,  George  F.  Davies. 

1895  Charles  P.  Crommett,  Levi  Libby. 

1896  Fred  J.  Arnold,  Horatio  R.  Dunham. 

1897  Edwin  Towne,  Horatio  R.  Dunham. 

1898  Phillip  C.  Proulx,  William  G.  Oby. 

1898  Charles  A.  Redington,  Harry  Wood. 

1899  Charles  A.  Redington,  George  L.  Cannon. 

1900  James  M.  Greaney,  George  B.  Jackson. 

1901  James  M.  Greaney,  Jerome  Rouke. 

1902  James  M.  Greaney,  Gedeon  Mahue. 

1903  Michael  J.  Leahy,  Arthur  Daviau. 
1904-1905  Michael  J.  Leahy,  Joseph  E.  Poulin. 
1906-1907  James  Parent,  William  D.  Haines. 
1908  G.  Evans  Files,  Frank  Langlois. 

210 


LIST  OF  OFFICERS 


Ward  Seven 


1889  Peter  Marshall,  Luther  S.  Eackliff. 
1890-1892        Peter  Marshall,  Charles  W.  Trafton. 

1893  Henry  Dubor,  George  A.  Dingley. 

1894  J.  Colby  Blaisdell,  C.  Edward  Balduc. 

1895  George  A.  Dingley,  James  C.  Eancourt. 

1896  Levi  Libby,  James  C.  Eancourt. 

1897  Phillip  C.  Proulx,  J.  Alfred  Letourneau. 

1899  Horace  Clukey,  Octave  J.  Pelletier. 

1900  Napoleon  Loubier,  Octave  J.  Pelletier. 

1901  John  N:  Webber,  Joseph  Boshan,  Jr. 

1902  William  King,  C.  H.  Libby. 

1903  William  King,  Levi  Libby. 

1904  William  King,  Augustus  Cary. 

1905  James  Parent,  Augustus  Cary. 
1906-1907        Augustus  Cary,  Thomas  H.  Lessor. 
1908  H.  O.  Fiset,  Gedeon  Mahue. 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION 

Ward  One 

1889-1894 

Simon  S.  Brown. 

1895-1896 

Martin  F.  Bartlett. 

1897 

Samuel  A.  Burleigh. 

1898 

Fred  D.  Lunt. 

1899 

Parker  W.  Hannaford. 

1900 

William  I.  Towne. 

1901 

Parker  W.  Hannaford. 

1902 

Ealph  Wormell. 

1903-1909 

Parker  W.  Hannaford. 

Ward  Two 

1889-1890 

David  P.  Stowell. 

1891-1892 

D.  G.  Morrill. 

211 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 


1893 

David  P.  Stowell. 

1894 

E.  Wesley  Dunn. 

1895 

David  P.  Stowell. 

1896 

George  F.  Gile. 

1897 

Joseph  E.  Clark. 

1898 

Frederick  S.  Clay. 

1899 

Herbert  L.  Emery. 

1900 

Sherman  L.  Berry. 

1901 

Frederick  S.  Clay. 

1902 

Edward  L.  Hall. 

1903-1905 

Norman  K.  Fuller. 

1906-1909 

William  P.  Putnam. 

Ward  Three 

1889-1890 

John  B.  Friel. 

1891-1892 

Eobert  B.  Cookson. 

1893 

Edgar  L.  Jones. 

1894-1895 

Frank  K.  Shaw. 

1896-1897 

E.  Wesley  Dunn. 

1898 

George  D.  B.  Pepper. 

1899 

J.  Frederick  Hill. 

1900-1906 

E.  Wesley  Dunn. 

1907-1910 

J.  Frederick  Hill. 

Ward  Four 

1889 

Albion  W.  Small. 

1890-1893 

Josiah  L.  Seward. 

1894-1896 

Warren  C.  Philbrook. 

1897-1899 

Simon  S.  Brown. 

1900-1901 

Horace  Purinton. 

1902-1903 

Carroll  W.  Abbott. 

1904-1906 

James  G.  Harris. 

1907-1910 

Dana  P.  Foster. 

212 


LIST  OF  OFFICERS 

Ward  Five 

1889  Leonard  D.  Carver. 

1890  T.  Wesley  Kimball. 
1891-1895  Asa  L.  Lane. 

1896  George  Balentine. 

1897  Asa  L.  Lane. 
1898-1901  George  Balentine. 
1902-1903  Asa  L.  Lane. 
1904-1907  Everett  M.  Stacy. 
1908-1911  Hugh  Eoss  Hatch. 

Ward  Six 

1889  Charles  F.  Johnson. 

1890-1892  George  F.  Gile. 

1893  Charles  H.  Eedington. 

1894  Horatio  D.  Bates. 

1895  Frank  L.  Thayer. 
1896-1897  T.  Wesley  Kimball. 
1898-1900  Harvey  D.  Eaton. 
1901-1904  Adelbert  L.  Rose. 
1905-1907  John  J.  Kelley. 
1908-1911  George  A.  Daviau. 

Ward  Seven 

1889  James  K.  Soule. 

1890-1892  A.  L.  Moore. 

1893  James  K.  Soule. 

1894  Frank  B.  Philbrick. 

1895  James  K.  Soule. 
1896-1897  William  G.  Oby. 
1898  Fred  Pooler. 
1899-1900  Abraham  B.  Reny. 
1901  William  G.  Oby. 
1902-1911  Harry  Belliveau. 

213 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 


WARDENS 

Ward  One 

1889 

Albert  B.  Spencer. 

1890-1892 

George  A.  Wilson. 

1893-1894 

George  H.  Vigue. 

1895 

J.  H.  N.  Penney. 

1896 

William  I.  Towne. 

1897 

Henry  O.  Preble. 

1898 

J.  H.  N.  Penney. 

1899 

Charles  Fitzgerald. 

1900 

J.  H.  N.  Penney. 

1901 

George  H.  Grondin. 

1902 

J.  H.  N.  Penney. 

1903 

George  H.  Grondin. 

1904 

Charles  R.  Sturtevant. 

1905-1907 

Andrew  Daly. 

1908 

Joseph  Dusty. 

Ward  Two 

1889 

William  P.  Putnam. 

1890-1893 

Dennis  E.  Sweeney. 

1894 

George  W.  Hoxie. 

1895-1897 

Thomas  Huard. 

1898-1899 

Charles  C.  Bridges. 

1900 

Ernest  J.  Marshall. 

1901 

Joseph  H.  Lublow. 

1902 

Charles  F.  Lowe. 

1903 

Thomas  G.  Field. 

1904 

John  Trainer,  Jr. 

1905 

Charles  F.  Lowe. 

1906 

Lester  E.  Buck. 

1907 

Fred  Roderick. 

1908 

Frank  M.  Rand. 

214 


LIST  OF  OFFICERS 


Ward  Three 

1889 

L.  Eugene  Thayer. 

1890 

Wallace  B.  Smith. 

1891-1892 

Calvin  C.  Dow. 

1893 

Jerry  E.  Burke. 

1894-1895 

Josiah  D.  Hayden. 

1896-1901 

George  W.  Hoxie. 

1902 

John  Munro. 

1903 

Francis  M.  Wheeler. 

1904-1906 

George  W.  Stevens. 

1907 

Frank  A.  Tibbetts. 

1908 

Andrew  E.  Warren. 

Ward  Four 

1889 

W.  A.  E.  Boothby. 

1890 

Warren  C.  Philbrook. 

1891-1892 

W.  A.  E.  Boothby. 

1893-1894 

Andrew  L.  McFadden. 

1895 

Elwood  T.  Wyman. 

1896-1905 

Josiah  D.  Hayden. 

1906-1907 

Charles  W.  Walsh. 

1908 

Josiah  D.  Hayden. 

Ward  Five 

1889-1890 

Appleton  H.  Plaisted. 

1891-1892 

Eobert  L.  Proctor. 

1893 

Homer  C.  Proctor. 

1894 

Oliver  L.  Hall. 

1895 

Edwin  Towne. 

1896-1897 

F.  Aug.  Knauff. 

1898-1902 

Charles  F.  Longman. 

1903-1908 

Ellery  F.  Brann. 

Ward  Six 

1889 

Joseph  Mathieu. 

1890 

Gedeon  Picher. 

215 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OP  WATERVILLE 


1891-1892 

William  H.  Morrill. 

1893 

L.  Albert  Lashus. 

1894 

Lincoln  0.  Hanscom. 

1896 

Selden  E.  Whitcomb. 

1897 

Harry  Wood. 

1898-1899 

George  B.  Jackson. 

1900 

Charles  A.  Redington. 

1901 

Henry  S.  Harden. 

1902 

Lewis  P.  Mayo. 

1903-1904 

John  J.  Kelley. 

1905 

Frank  Langlois. 

1906 

Joseph  T.  Boulette. 

1907 

Henry  A.  Marshall. 

1908 

Thomas  L.  Murphy. 

Ward  Seven 

1889 

Charles  Soule. 

1890 

David  G.  Richards. 

1891-1893 

Luther  S.  Rackliff. 

1894 

George  E.  Hallowell. 

1895 

Edward  Belliveau. 

1896 

Frank  H.  Lessor. 

1897 

Amie  Nedeau. 

1898-1899 

Edward  Belliveau. 

1900-1904 

Henry  Matthieu. 

1905-1907 

Edward  Begin. 

1908 

George  Donna. 

WARD  CLERKS 

Ward  One 

1889-1892         George  Grondin. 

1893  Richard  T.  Welch. 

1894  William  L.  Bushey. 

216 


LIST  OF  OFFICERS 


1895 

Edward  L.  Meader. 

1896 

Mortimer  E.  Adams. 

1897-1898 

Edward  G.  Crosby. 

1899 

Ealph  H.  Kockwood. 

1900-1901 

Joseph  E.  Lashus. 

1902 

Charles  H.  Warren. 

1903-1905 

C.  Alfred  Bushey. 

1906 

Francis  M.  Joseph. 

1907 

C.  Alfred  Bushey. 

1908 

Charles  F.  Kay. 

Ward  Two 

1889 

Philip  J.  Brown. 

1890-1892 

Jules  Gamache. 

1893 

C.  M.  Brown. 

1894 

H.  Albert  Cummings. 

1895-1896 

Henry  Butler. 

1897 

William  A.  Barry. 

1898 

Fred  A.  Bushey. 

1899 

Napoleon  Marquis. 

1900 

Walter  W.  Berry. 

1901 

Ernest  J.  Marshall. 

1902 

Joseph  Durette,  Jr. 

1903-1904 

Fred  J.  Joler. 

1905 

Frank  M.  Rand. 

1906 

Fred  J.  Joler. 

1907-1908 

Jacob  Paikowski. 

Ward  Three 

1889 

L.  C.  Bridgham. 

1890-1892 

Charles  F.  Miller. 

1893 

Isreal  B.  Clair. 

1894-1895 

Herbert  L.  True. 

1896-1897 

Albert  F.  Drummond. 

217 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 


1898 

Frank  W.  Alden. 

1899-1901 

Albert  F.  Drummond. 

1902 

Francis  M.  Wheeler. 

1903 

Albert  F.  Drummond. 

1904 

Francis  M.  Wheeler. 

1905-1906 

George  D.  Hegarty. 

1907-1908 

Caleb  A.  Lewis. 

Ward  Four 

1889 

Alpheus  W.  Flood. 

1890-1892 

William  J.  Fogarty. 

1893 

Harry  W.  Parmenter. 

1894-1895 

Albert  F.  Drummond. 

1896-1900 

W.  Wirt  Brown. 

1901-1905 

James  E.  Connor. 

1906-1907 

Walter  W.  Berry. 

1908 

James  E.  Connor. 

Ward  Five 

1889-1897 

George  P.  Colby. 

1898 

John  E.  Nelson. 

1899-1900 

Leslie  P.  Loud. 

1901 

Walter  W.  Berry. 

1902-1908 

Thomas  E.  Vose. 

Ward  Six 

1889 

Gedeon  Picher. 

1890 

Orrin  P.  Eichardson. 

1891-1892 

L.  Albert  Lashus. 

1893 

Napoleon  Loubier. 

1894 

Christopher  C.  Coro. 

1896-1897 

George  B.  Jackson. 

1898 

Edmund  W.  Foster. 

218 


LIST  OF  OFFICERS 


1899 

Charles  Preo. 

1900-1902 

Charles  H.  Butler. 

1903-1905 

Charles  B.  Dusty. 

1906 

Henry  J.  Burke. 

1907 

Alfred  P.  Butler. 

1908 

Alfred  E.  Pelletier. 

Ward  Seven 

1889 

Frank  H.  Lessor. 

1890-1892 

Adolph  Greenwood. 

1893 

Charles  P.  Bashier. 

1894 

Ellery  P.  Vose. 

1895 

William  G.  Oby. 

1896 

Arthur  J.  Marcou. 

1897 

Edward  Belliveau. 

1898-1904 

Charles  Z.  L.  M.  Bazier. 

1905-1907 

Joseph  T.  Tardif. 

1908 

William  E.  King. 

CONSTABLES 

Ward  One 

1889-1892 

Thomas  Butler. 

1893 

Augustus  Marshall. 

1894 

Charles  Butler. 

1895-1896 

Edwin  E.  Hall. 

1897 

Albert  Wade. 

1898 

Charles  E.  Tyler. 

1900 

George  E.  Simpson. 

1901 

George  W.  Reny. 

1902 

George  E.  Simpson. 

1903 

Simeon  Brilliard. 

1904 

Michael  Tully. 

1905 

John  V.  Loon. 

219 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 


1906 

Michael  Tully. 

1907 

George  Eddington. 

1908 

Michael  Tully. 

Ward  Two 

1889 

Charles  F.  Longman. 

1890 

Napoleon  Roderick. 

1891-1892 

John  H.  Murray. 

1893 

George  F.  Healey. 

1894 

Charles  C.  Bridges. 

1895 

Napoleon  Roderick. 

1896 

Charles  E.  Bushey. 

1897 

Wilfred  F.  Norman. 

1898-1899 

George  H.  Simpson. 

1900 

Amie  Nedeau. 

1901 

Dennis  E.  Sweeney. 

1902 

Bert  O.  Chamberlain. 

1903-1908 

Marshall  G.  Gullifer. 

Ward  Three 

1889 

Edward  H.  Crowell. 

1890 

H.  F.  Miller. 

1891-1892 

John  Dailey. 

1893-1894 

George  H.  Simpson. 

1895 

Nelson  Langlois. 

1896 

L.  M.  Davis. 

1897-1898 

Alden  F.  Lord. 

1899 

Fred  E.  Hall. 

1900-1901 

Charles  B.  Davis. 

1902-1908 

Colby  Getchell. 

Ward  Four 

1889-1890 

Andrew  L.  McFadden. 

1891-1895 

Alden  F.  Lord. 

220 


LIST  OF  OFFICERS 


1896 

Daniel  Libby. 

1897-1898 

Frank  Walker. 

1899 

Granville  E.  Barrows. 

1900 

George  A.  Osborne. 

1901 

Frank  Walker. 

1902-1903 

Charles  B.  Davis. 

1904-1905 

Carl  A.  Weymouth. 

1906-1907 

Charles  Eodrique. 

1908 

Albert  Ward. 

Ward  Five 

1889-1890 

Homer  C.  Proctor. 

1891-1895 

William  W.  Edwards. 

1896 

Evander  Gilpatrick. 

1897-1899 

Ellery  F.  Brann. 

1900 

Edgar  J.  Brown. 

1901-1902 

Ellery  F.  Brann. 

1903-1908 

Charles  H.  Farrington. 

Ward  Six 

1889 

Phillip  York. 

1890 

John  H.  Eichards. 

1891-1892 

Laurent  Ganthier. 

1893 

Thomas  Page. 

1894 

Frank  Dusty. 

1896-1900 

William  W.  Edwards. 

1901 

George  Martin. 

1902 

William  W.  Edwards. 

1903 

Joseph  E.  Poulin. 

1904 

David  Thibodeau. 

1905-1908 

George  H.  Simpson. 

Ward  Seven 

1889 

F.  C.  Sturtevant. 

1890 

Charles  W.  Ranco. 

221 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLB 


1891-1892 

Arthur  I.  Trafton. 

1893 

Fred  Libby. 

1894 

Joseph  Libby. 

1895 

Volney  K.  Morgan. 

1896 

Frank  H.  Lessor. 

1897 

Charles  H.  Dusty. 

1898 

John  Pooler. 

1899-1900 

J.  Alfred  Letourneau. 

1901 

Laurent  Gauthier. 

1902-1907 

Phillip  C.  Proulx. 

1908 

Fred  E.  Pooler. 

CITY  CLERKS 

1888-1890 

Charles  F.  Johnson. 

1891-1893 

Fred  W.  Clair. 

1894 

Dana  P.  Foster. 

1895-1900 

Frank  E.  Brown. 

1901 

Fred  W.  Clair. 

1902 

Frank  E.  Brown. 

1903-1904 

Fred  W.  Clair. 

1905 

John  E.  Nelson. 

1906-1907 

Fred  W.  Clair. 

1908 

John  E.  Nelson. 

CITY  TREASURE 

1888 

Charles  H.  Eedington. 

1889 

L.  Eugene  Thayer. 

1890-1893 

Frank  L.  Thayer. 

1894-1896 

Martin  F.  Bartlett. 

1897-1902 

F.  Aug.  Knauff. 

1903-1904 

Jesse  Stinson. 

1905 

F.  Aug.  Knauff. 

1906-1907 

Norman  K.  Fuller. 

1908 

Frank  J.  Small. 

222 


LIST  OF  OFFICERS 

ASSESSORS 

1888  Eldridge  L.  Getchell,  Charles  E.  Gray,  John  Flood. 

1889-1890        Eldridge  L.  Getchell,  Charles  E.  Gray,  L.  Eugene 

Thayer. 
1891-1892        Benjamin  Bunker,   Charles   E.   Gray,   Howard   C. 

Morse. 
1893  Benjamin  Bunker,  Fred  H.   Thomas,   Howard  C. 

Morse. 
1894-1895        Perham  S.  Heald,  Fred  H.  Thomas,  Howard  C. 

Morse. 
1896  Perham  S.  Heald,  Fred  H.  Thomas,  J.  Frank  Elden. 

1897-1900        Howard   C.   Morse,   Nathaniel   Meader,  J.    Frank 

Elden. 

1901  J.  Frank  Elden,  Nathaniel  Meader,  Charles  E.  Gray. 

1902  J.  Frank  Elden,  Nathaniel  Meader,  Edward  Ware. 
1903-1904        J.  Frank  Elden,  Gedeon  Picher,  Howard  C.  Morse. 

1905  Gedeon  Picher,  Howard  C.  Morse,  Frank  E.  Brown. 

1906  Howard  C.  Morse,  Frank  E.  Brown,  Fred  Pooler. 

1907  Frank  E.  Brown,  Fred  Pooler,  Charles  H.  Barton. 

1908  Fred  Pooler,  Charles  H.  Barton,  John  A.  Vigue. 

STREET  COMMISSIONERS 


1888 

Frank  W.  Haskell. 

1889 

George  F.  Healey. 

1890 

Joseph  M.  Priest, 

1891-1892 

Frank  E.  Brown. 

1893 

William  H.  Morrill. 

1894 

Martin  Blaisdell. 

1895 

Thomas  W.  Scribner, 

1896-1902 

Sidney  A.  Green. 

1903 

Jerry  M.  Cratty. 

1904 

Sumner  Eowe. 

1905 

Jerry  M.  Cratty. 

223 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 


1906-1907        Sumner  Rowe. 
1908  Jerry  M.  Cratty. 

SUPERINTENDENTS  OF  SCHOOLS 

1888-1891  William  C.  Crawford. 

1892-1893  Jerry  E.  Burke. 

1894-1895  James  H.  Blanchard. 

1896-1897  William  L.  Waters. 

1898-1899  Edgar  L.  Hitchings. 

1900-1904  Elwood  T.  Wyman. 

1905-1908  Dennis  E.  Bowman. 

CITY  SOLICITORS 


1888-1891 

Charles  F.  Johnson. 

1892-1893 

Fred  W.  Clair. 

1894 

Frederick  A.  Waldron. 

1895 

Fred  W.  Clair. 

1896 

Frederick  A.  Waldron. 

1897-1898 

Harvey  D.  Eaton. 

1899-1902 

Dana  P.  Foster. 

1903-1904 

Simon  S.  Brown. 

1905 

Frank  J.  Small. 

1906-1907 

Alfred  A.  Matthieu. 

1908 

Carroll  N.  Perkins. 

CITY  PHYSICIANS 

1888-1892 

John  L.  Fortier. 

1893 

David  P.  Stowell. 

1894 

John  F.  Hill. 

1895 

John  L.  Fortier. 

1896 

George  R.  Campbell. 

1897 

Merton  W.  Bessey. 

224 

Dennis  E.  Bowman 


LIST  OF  OFFICERS 

1898  Luther  G.  Bunker. 

1899  Joseph  H.  Knox. 
1900-1901  Luther  G.  Bunker. 
1902  Percy  S.  Merrill. 
1903-1904  John  L.  Fortier. 

1905  Joseph  A.  Pineau. 

1906  Joseph  N.  G.  Bernard. 

1907  James  E.  Poulin. 

1908  Herbert  E.  Milliken. 

CHIEF  ENGINEERS  FIRE » DEPARTMENT 


1888-1890 

Horace  G.  Tozier. 

1891-1893 

Warren  F.  Brown. 

1894-1900 

Appleton  H.  Plaisted 

1901-1902 

George  F.  Davies. 

1903-1904 

Calvin  C.  Dow. 

1905 

Luke  Ivers,  Jr. 

1906-1908 

Walter  W.  Berry. 

CITY  MARSHALS 

1888 

Frank  W.  Haskell. 

1889-1892 

Benjamin  Bunker. 

1893 

Edward  H.  Crowell. 

1894-1896 

Andrew  L.  McFadden 

1897-1898 

Eeuben  A.  Call. 

1899-1900 

Charles  B.  Davis. 

1901-1902 

Charles  H.  Farrington. 

1903 

Edward  C.  Lasselle. 

1903-1904 

Appleton  H.  Plaisted. 

1905 

Mortimer  E.  Adams. 

1906-1907 

Arthur  L.  Holmes. 

1908 

Charles  H.  Farrington. 

225 

MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

DEPUTY  MARSHALS 

1888  Arthur  H.  Sturtevant 

1889-1892  Edward  H.  Crowell. 

1893  George  H.  Grondin. 

1894  Frank  Lessor. 
1897-1898  J.  Fletcher  Woodbury. 
1899-1900  George  H.  Simpson. 
1901-1902  J.  Fletcher  Woodbury. 
1903-1904  Marshall  G.  Gullifer. 
1905  Edward  E.  Toulouse. 
1906-1907  George  H.  Simpson. 
1908  Edward  E.  Toulouse. 

SUPERINTENDENTS  OF  BURIALS 

1889-1902  Frank  Eedington, 
1903-1907  Edwin  F.  Towne. 
1908  Philip  H.  Plaisted. 

JUDGES  MUNICIPAL  COURT 

1888-1891        Horace  W.  Stewart. 
1892-1896        Warren  C.  Philbrook. 
1897  Frank  K.  Shaw. 


226 


Election  Statistics 


Vote  fob  Govebnob 
Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts 

1786  April  3        "Not  any  votes  given  in  for  Governor." 

1787  April  2        John  Hancock,  25 

James  Bowdoin,  1 

1788  April  7        John  Hancock,  18 

Elbridge  Gerry,  1 

1789  April  6        John  Hancock,  25 

Benjamin  Lincoln,  1 

1790  April  5        John  Hancock,  34 

1791  April  4        John  Hancock,  30 

1792  April  2        John  Hancock,  29 

1793  April  1        Elbridge  Gerry,  14 

John  Hancock,  11 

1794  April  7        Samuel  Adams.  79 

1795  April  6        Samuel  Adams,  54 

1796  April  4        Samuel  Adams,  50 

Increase  Sumner,  2 

1797  April  3        James  Sullivan,  55 

Increase  Sumner,  18 

Moses  Gill,  7 

1798  April  2        Increase  Sumner,  51 

Moses  Gill,  1 

Henry  Dearborn,  1 

1799  April  1        Increase  Sumner,  59 

William  Heath,  58 

Henry  Dearborn,  1 

227 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OP  WATERVILLB 

1800  April  7        Elbridge  Gerry,  92 

Caleb  Strong,  8 

Scattering,  2 

1801  April  6        Elbridge  Gerry,  109 

Caleb  Strong,  16 

1802  April  5        Elbridge  Gerry,  88 

Caleb  Strong,  38 

1803  April  4        Caleb  Strong,  55 

Elbridge  Gerry,  46 

Scattering,  2 

1804  April  2        James  Sullivan,  92 

Caleb  Strong,  46 

1805  April  1        James  Sullivan,  118 

Caleb  Strong,  46 

1806  April  7        James  Sullivan,  131 

Caleb  Strong,  33 

1807  April  5        James  Sullivan,  148 

Caleb  Strong,  37 

1808  April  4        James  Sullivan,  166 

Christopher  Gore,  39 

1809  April  3        Levi  Lincoln,  151 

Christopher  Gore,  48 

1810  April  2        Elbridge  Gerry,                              ,  146 

Christopher  Gore,  48 

1811  April  1        Elbridge   Gerry,  128 

Christopher  Gore,  28 

Scattering,  4 

1812  April  6        Elbridge  Gerry,  148 

Caleb  Strong,  53 

Scattering,  4 

1813  April  5        Joseph  B.  Varnum,  121 

Caleb  Strong,  63 

1814  April  4         Samuel  Dexter,  121 

Caleb  Strong,  61 

228 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 

Scattering,  2 

1815  April  3        Samuel  Dexter,_  149 

Caleb  Strong,  50 

Scattering,  2 

1816  April  1        Samuel  Dexter,  156 

John  Brooks,  55 

1817  April  7         Henry  Dearborn,  134 

John  Brooks,  62 

1818  April  6         Benj.  W.  Crowninshield,  123 

John  Brooks,  39 

1819  April  5         Benj.  W.  Crowninshield,  129 

John  Brooks,  65 

VOTE  FOR  GOVERNOR 


State  of  Maine 


1820-1908 

1820  April  3        William  King,  Bath,  Rep.,  158 

Scattering,  5 

1821  Sept.  10      Albion  K.  Parris,  Paris,  Rep.,  66 

Joshua  Cushman,  Winslow,  Rep.,  43 

Ezekiel  Whitman,  Portland,  Fed.,  29 

Scattering,  3 

1822  Sept.  9        Albion  K.  Parris,  Paris,  Rep.,  70 

Ezekiel  Whitman,  Portland,  Fed.,  15 

Scattering,  5 

1823  Sept.  8        Albion  K.  Parris,  Paris,  Rep.,  84 

Joshua  Wingate,  Jr.,  2 

1824  Sept.  13      Albion  K.  Parris,  Paris,  Rep.,  88 

Joshua  Wingate,  Jr.,  1 

1825  Sept.  12      Albion  K.  Parris,  Paris,  Rep.,  44 

Joshua  Cushman,  Winslow,  Rep.,  3 

Enoch  Lincoln,  Portland,  Rep.,  2 

229 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

Scattering,  6 

1826  Sept.  11      Enoch  Lincoln,  Portland,  Rep.,  137 

Peleg  Sprague,  Hallowell,  Rep.,  3 

1827  Sept.  10      Enoch  Lincoln,  Portland,  Rep.,  117 

Scattering,  2 

1828  Sept.  8        Enoch  Lincoln,  Portland,  Rep.,  77 

Scattering,  7 

1829  Sept.  14      Jonathan  G.  Hunton,  Readfield,  Nat.  Rep.,  173 

Samuel  E.  Smith,  Wiscasset,  Dem.  Rep.,  120 

Scattering,  6 

1830  Sept.  13      Jonathan  G.  Hunton,  Readfield,  Nat.  Rep.,  195 

Samuel  E.  Smith,  Wiscasset,  Dem.  Rep.,  152 

1831  Sept.  12      Daniel  Goodenow,  Alfred,  Nat.  Rep.,  181 

Samuel  E.  Smith,  Wiscasset,  Dem.  Rep.,  156 

1832  Sept.  10      Daniel  Goodenow,  Alfred,  Nat.  Rep.,  234 

Samuel  E.  Smith,  Wiscasset,  Dem.  Rep.,  187 

1833  Sept.  9        Daniel  Goodenow,  Alfred,  Whig,  204 

Robert  P.  Dunlap,  Brunswick,  Dem.,  162 

Samuel  E.  Smith,  Wiscasset,  Dem.  Rep.,  2 

1834  Sept.  8        Peleg  Sprague,  Hallowell,  Whig,  254 

Robert  P.  Dunlap,  Brunswick,  Dem.,  226 

Thomas  A.  Hill,  Anti-Mason,  1 

1835  Sept.  14      Robert  P.  Dunlap,  Brunswick,  Dem.,  186 

William  King,  Bath,  Whig,  180 

1836  Sept.  12      Edward  Kent,  Bangor,  Whig,  250 

Robert  P.  Dunlap,  Brunswick,  Dem.,  206 

1837  Sept,  11      Edward  Kent,  Bangor,  Whig,  269 

Gorham  Parks,  Bangor,  Dem.,  224 

Rufus  Mclntire,  Parsonsfield,  Dem.,  4 

1838  Sept.  10      Edward  Kent,  Bangor,  Whig,  298 

John  Fairfield,  Saco,  Dem.,  297 

Scattering,  3 

1839  Sept.  9        Edward  Kent,  Bangor,  Whig,  304 

John  Fairfield,  Saco,  Dem.,  281 

230 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 

1840  Sept  14      Edward  Kent,  Bangor,  Whig,  320 

John  Fairfield,  Saco,  Dem.,  256 

1841  Sept.  13      Edward  Kent,  Bangor,  Whig,  271 

John  Fairfield,  Saco,  Dem.,  262 

Jeremiah  Curtis,  ,  Liberty,  28 

1842  Sept.  12      Edward  Eobinson,  Thomaston,  Whig,  277 

John  Fairfield,  Saco,  Dem.,  260 

James  Appleton, ,  Liberty,  41 

Hugh  J.  Anderson,  Belfast,  Dem.,  7 

1843  Sept.  11      Edward  Robinson,  Thomaston,  Whig,  234 

Hugh  J.  Anderson,  Belfast,  Dem.,  209 

James  Appleton, ,  Liberty,  46 

Edward  Kavanaugh,  Damariscotta,  Dem.,      34 

1844  Sept.  9        Edward  Eobinson,  Thomaston,  Whig,  289 

Hugh  J.  Anderson,  Belfast,  Dem.,  273 

James  Appleton,  ,  Liberty,  56 

1845  Sept.  8        Freeman  H.  Morse,  Bath,  Whig,  207 

Hugh  J.  Anderson,  Belfast,  Dem.,  158 

Samuel  Fessenden,  Portland,  Liberty,  87 

1846  Sept.  14      David  Bronson,  Anson,  Whig,  239 

John  W.  Dana,  Fryeburg,  Dem.,  128 

Samuel  Fessenden,  Portland,  Liberty,  100 

1847  Sept.  13      John  W.  Dana,  Fryeburg,  Dem.,  123 

Samuel  Fessenden,  Portland,  Liberty,  104 

Samuel  Taylor,  Jr.,  Fairfield,  Whig,  63 

David  Bronson,  Anson,  Whig,  34 

Scattering,  4 

1848  Sept.  11       Elijah  L.  Hamlin,  Bangor,  Whig,  184 

Samuel  Fessenden,  Portland,  Lib.,  167 

John  W.  Dana,  Fryeburg,  Dem.,  136 

1849  Sept.  10      Elijah  L.  Hamlin,  Bangor,  Whig,  176 

John  Hubbard,  Hallo  well,  Dem.,  155 
George  F.  Talbot,  East  Machias,  Free  Soil,    76 

1850  Sept.  9        William  G.  Crosby,  Belfast,  Whig,  209 

231 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

John  Hubbard,  Hallowell,  Dem.,  199 

George  F.  Talbot,  East  Machias,  Free  Soil,      80 

1851  There  was  no  election  in  1851.  In  1844  the 
Constitution  had  been  amended  so  that  the  poli- 
tical year  was  made  to  begin  on  the  second 
Wednesday  in  May  instead  of  the  first  Wednes- 
day in  January.  In  1850  an  amendment  was 
adopted  restoring  the  commencement  of  the  po- 
litical year  to  its  original  date,  so  the  govern- 
ment was  continued  over  without  an  election 
in  1851. 

1852  Sept.  13      John  Hubbard,  Hallowell,  Dem.,  342 

William  G.  Crosby,  Belfast,  Whig,  174 

Anson  G.  Chandler,  Anti-Maine  Law,  63 

1853  Sept.  12      Albert  Pillsbury,  Belfast,  Dem.,  165 

William  G.  Crosby,  Belfast,  Whig,  194: 

Ezekiel  Holmes,  Winthrop,  Free  Soil,  94 

Anson  P.  Morrill,  Readfield,  Maine  Law,        64 

1854  Sept.  11      Anson  P.  Morrill,  Readfield,  Maine  Law 

and  Know  Nothing,  364 

Albion  K.  Parris,  Portland,  Dem.,  104 

Isaac  Reed,  Waldoboro,  Whig,  82 

Shepard  Cary,  Opposition  Dem.,  36 

1855  Sept.  10      Anson  P.  Morrill,  Readfield,  Rep.,  439 

Samuel  Wells,  Portland,  Dem.,  237 

Isaac  Reed,  Waldoboro,  Whig,  30 

1856  Sept.  8        Hannibal  Hamlin,  Hampden,  Rep.,  550 

Samuel  Wells,  Portland,  Dem.,  165 

George  F.  Patten,  Bath,  Whig,  26 

1857  Sept.  14      Lot  M.  Morrill,  Augusta,  Rep.,  368 

Mannassah  H.  Smith,  Portland,  Dem.,  155 

1858  Sept.  13       Lot  M.  Morrill,  Augusta,  Rep.,  437 

Mannassah  H.  Smith,  Portland,  Dem.,         198 

1859  Sept.  12      Lot  M.  Morrill,  Augusta,  Rep.,  383 

232 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 

Mannassah  H.  Smith,  Portland,  Dem.,  205 

1860  Sept.  10       Israel  Washburn,  Jr.,  Orono,  Rep.,  532 

Ephraim  K.  Smart,  Camden,  Dem.,  247 

Phineas  Barnes,  Portland,  Whig,  22 

1861  Sept.  9        Israel  Washburn,  Jr.,  Orono,  Rep.,  399 

Charles  D.  Jameson,  Bangor,  War  Dem.,  142 

John  W.  Dana,  Fryeburg,  Dem.,  36 

1862  Sept.  8         Abner  Coburn,  Skowhegan,  Rep.,  312 

Bipn  Bradbury,  Eastport,  Dem.,  128 

Charles  D.  Jameson,  Bangor,  War  Dem.,  45 

1863  Sept.  14       Samuel  Cony,  Augusta,  Rep.,  568 

Bion  Bradbury,  Eastport,  Dem.,  192 

1864  Sept.  12       Samuel  Cony,  Augusta,  Rep.,  513 

Joseph  Howard,  Portland,  Dem.,  181 

1865  Sept.  11       Samuel  Cony,  Augusta,  Rep.,  402 

Joseph  Howard,  Portland,  Dem.,  92 

1866  Sept.  10      Joshua  L.  Chamberlain,  Brunswick,  Rep.,  607 

Eben  E.  Pillsbury,  Augusta,  Dem.,  187 

1867  Sept.  9        Joshua  L.  Chamberlain,  Brunswick,  Rep.,  474 

Eben  F.  Pillsbury,  Augusta,  Dem.,  209 

1868  Sept.  14       Joshua  L.  Chamberlain,  Brunswick,  Rep.,  644 

Eben  F.  Pillsbury,  Augusta,  Dem.,  283 

1869  Sept.  13       Joshua  L.  Chamberlain,  Brunswick,  Rep.,  289 

Franklin  Smith,  Waterville,  Dem.,  205 

Nathan  G.  Hichborn,  Stockton,  Tern.,      ,  159 

1870  Sept.  12       Sidney  Perham,  Paris,  Rep.,  538 

Charles  W.  Roberts,  Bangor,  Dem.,  239 

J.  L.  Chamberlain,  Brunswick,  Rep.,  14 

1871  Sept.  11       Sidney  Perham,  Paris,  Rep.,  436 

Charles  P.  Kimball,  Portland,  Dem.,  238 

1872  Sept.  9         Sidney  Perham,  Paris,  Rep.,  592 

Charles  P.  Kimball,  Portland,  Dem.,  361 

1873  Sept.  8        Nelson  Dingley,  Jr.,  Lewiston,  Rep.,  168 

Joseph  Titcomb,  Kennebunk,  Dem.,  93 

233 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLB 

Joseph  H.  Williams,  Augusta,  Lib.  Rep.,        15 

1874  Sept.  14      Nelson  Dingley,  Jr.,  Lewiston,  Rep.,  247 

Joseph  Titcomb,  Kennebunk,  Dem.,  125 

1875  Sept.  13       Selden  Connor,  Augusta,  Rep.,  364 

Charles  W.  Roberts,  Kennebunk,  Dem.,  239 

1876  Sept.  11       Selden  Connor,  Augusta,  Rep.,  509 

John  C.  Talbot,  East  Machias,  Dem.,  372 

1877  Sept.  10      Joseph  H.  Williams,  Augusta,  Dem.,  371 

Selden  Connor,  Augusta,  Rep.,  300 

J.  L.  Chamberlain,  Brunswick,  Rep.,  10 

1878  Sept.  9        Selden  Connor,  Augusta,  Rep.,  381 

Alonzo  Garcelon,  Lewiston,  Dem.,  239 

Joseph  L.  Smith,  Oldtown,  Greenback,  77 

1879  Sept.  8        Daniel  F.  Davis,  Corinth,  Rep.,  503 

Joseph  L.  Smith,  Oldtown,  Nat'l  G.  B.,  258 

Alonzo  Garcelon,  Lewiston,  Dem.,  68 

Bion  Bradbury,  Portland,  Dem.,  14 

1880  Sept.  13      Daniel  F.  Davis,  Corinth,  Rep.,  562 

Harris  M.  Plaisted,  Bangor,  Fushion,  324 

1882     Sept.  11      Frederick  Robie,  Gorham,  Rep.,  606 

Harris  M.  Plaisted,  Bangor,  Fushion,  411 

Solon  Chase,  Turner,  G.  B.,  3 

1884     Sept.  8        Frederick  Robie,  Gorham,  Rep.,  646 

John  B.  Redmond,  Ellsworth,  Dem.,  492 

William  T.  Eustis,  Dixfield,  Pro.,  3 

1886     Sept.  13      Joseph  R.  Bodwell,  Hallowell,  Rep.,  608 

Clark  S.  Edwards,  Bethel,  Dem.,  485 

Aaron  Clark,  Buxton,  Pro.,  5 

1888                        Edwin  C.  Burleigh,  Bangor,  Rep.,  713 

William  L.  Putnam,  Portland,  Dem.,  704 

Volney  B.  Cushing,  Bangor,  Pro.,  10 

Scattering,  9 


234 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 


1890 

Edwin  C.  William  P. 

Burleigh  Thompson    Scattering 

Eep.  Dem. 

Ward  1    80  127                    2 

"     2    56  124 

«     3    77  73                    6 

"     4    140  31                    1- 

"      5    143  46                     1 

"      6    70  114 

"     7    72  113                    2 


638 

628 

12 

1892 

Charles  F. 

Henry  B. 

Johnson 

Cleaves 

Scatter 

Dem. 

Eep. 

Ward  1    

121 

82 
54 

4 

"     2    

156 

3 

"     3    

171 

88 

3 

■     4    

58 

157 

6 

"      5    

, 81 

148 

4 

"     6    

176 

68 

4 

"     7    

141 

70 

2 

904  665 

1894 
Henry  B. 
Cleaves 
Eep.  Dem. 

Ward  1    112  114 

"     2    76  100 

"     3    106  76 

235 


26 


Charles  F.      Luther  C. 
Johnson        Bateman 


Pop. 
9 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 


4    , 

166 

39 

59 

132 

117 

2 

5      

174 

4 

6      

121 

7 

7      

89 

5 

844 


637 


27 


1896 


Llewellyn 

Melvin  P. 

W.  H. 

Powers 

Frank 

Clifford 

Scattering 

Eep. 

Dem. 

Gold  Dem. 

Ward  1 

124 

63 

3 

"     2    ... 

106 

96 

5 

*      3    ... 

167 

36 

9 

"     4    ... 

156 

48 

3 

5 

"      5    ... 

158 

54 

9 

"      6    ... 

142 

38 

13 

"     7    ,  , 

83 

151 

1 

937 


486 


3 


45 


1898 

Llewellyn  Samuel  L.  Ammie  S. 

Powers  Lord  Ladd          Scattering 

Eep.  Dem.  Pro. 

Ward  1    103  75  2                   1 

"2    108  90  2                    1 

"3    115  46  9 

"4    113  50  1 

"5    109  56  10                     1 

"6    79  61  15 

"7    75  119  2 


702 


497 
236 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 


1900 

JohnF. 

Samuel  L. 

Grant 

Hill 

Lord 

Kogers 

Scatter 

Eep. 

Dem. 

Pro. 

Ward  1    .. 

129 

118 

2 

4 

"     2    .. 

139 

128 

1 

1 

"     3    .. 

161 

76 

4 

"     4    .. 

157 

92 

5 

1 

"      5    .. 

180 

96 

1 

1 

"      6    .. 

141 

94 

4 

"     7 

71 

184 

978                788  17  7 

1902 

Samuel  W.  John  P. 

Gould  Hill           Scattering 

Dem.  Eep. 

Ward  1    138  124  8 

*     2    124  95  6 

"     3    74  133  6 

"     4    117  127  1 

5    85  142  3 

6    104  102  1 

7    215  48  2 


tt 


857  771  27 

1904 
Cyrus  W.    William  T. 

Davis  Cobb  Scattering 

Dem.  Eep. 

Ward  1    162  144 

*     2    154  128  1 

"     3    99  188  6 

237 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 


4  148 

5  129 

6  182 

7  215 


1089 


171 

200 

121 

94 

1046 


1906 

Cyrus  W.  William  T. 

Davis  Cobb 

Dem.  Rep. 

Ward  1    181  121 

«     2    161  88 

«     3    120  144 

"     4    187  121 

«     5    165  160 

«     6    205  70 

«     7 239  46 


1253 


807 
238 


21 


1 

4 

12 

Scattering 

1 
2 
5 

1 
7 
2 
6 


1258 

750 

24 

1908 

Obadiah 

BertM. 

James  H. 

Curtis  A 

Gardner 

Fernald 

Ames 

Perry 

Dem. 

Rep. 

Pro. 

Soc. 

Ward  1    . . 

199 

117 

3 

"     2    .. 

160 

101 

3 

1 

«     3    .. 

115 

147 

1 

m     4    .. 

173 

123 

"     5    .. 

213 

142 

2 

•     6    .. 

190 

81 

1 

*     7    ,. 

203 

96 

ELECTION  STATISTICS 
VOTE  FOR  LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR 


Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts 

1787-1819 

1787 

Thomas  Cushing, 

13 

1788 

Samuel  Adams, 

16 

Benjamin  Lincoln, 

2 

James  Warren, 

1 

1789 

Samuel  Adams, 

22 

1790 

Samuel  Adams, 

34 

1791 

Samuel  Adams, 

27 

Charles  Jarvis, 

1 

1792 

Samuel  Adams, 

21 

1793 

Samuel  Adams, 

21 

1794 

James  Warren, 

58 

1795 

Moses  Gill, 

45 

Elbridge  Gerry, 

1 

1796 

Moses  Gill, 

39 

1797 

Moses  Gill, 

63 

Increase  Sumner, 

1 

James  Sullivan, 

2 

Silas  Lee, 

1 

1798 

Moses  Gill, 

37 

1799 

Moses  Gill, 

46 

James  Bowdoin, 

22 

Samuel  Phillips, 

2 

1800 

Moses  Gill, 

64 

•      William  Heath, 

23 

Henry  Dearborn, 

1 

1801 

William  Heath, 

101 

Samuel  Phillips, 

14 

1802 

William  Heath, 

78 

Edward  H.  Bobbins, 

23 

239 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 


1803 

Edward  H.  Eobbins, 

James  Bowdoin, 

John  Chandler, 

1804 

William  Heath, 

Edward  H.  Eobbins, 

1805 

William  Heath, 

Edward  H.  Eobbins, 

1806 

William  Heath, 

Edward  H.  Eobbins, 

1807 

Levi  Lincoln, 

Edward  H.  Eobbins, 

John  Lincoln, 

1808 

Levi  Lincoln, 

David  Cobb, 

Barzilai   Gannett, 

1809 

Joseph  B.  Varnum, 

David  Cobb, 

Joshua  Cnshman, 

1810 

William  Gray, 

David  Cobb, 

1811 

William  Gray, 

William  Phillips, 

Elbridge  Gerry, 

James  Parker, 

1812 

William  King, 

William  Phillips, 

Scattering, 

1813 

William  King, 

William  Phillips, 

Scattering, 

1814 

William  Gray, 

William  Phillips, 

Joshua  Gage, 

1815 

William  Gray, 

44 

34 

4 

95 

41 

117 

26 

134 

31 

159 

37 

1 

159 

36 

6 

148 

48 

2 

145 

46 

126 

27 

3 

2 

140 

54 

7 

119 

60 

4 

117 

58 

4 

147 


240 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 

William  Phillips,  49 

Scattering,  5 

1816  William  King,  149 
'        William  Phillips,  55 

Scattering,  2 

1817  William  King,  132 
William  Phillips,  61 

1818  Thomas  Kittredge,  124 
William  Phillips,  38 

1819  Benjamin  Austin,  128 
William  Phillips,  65 

REPRESENTATIVE  TO  THE  GENERAL  COURT 


Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts 
1782-1819 

1782  May    21       Zimri  Heywood 

1783  May    5         Ezekiel  Pattee 

1784  May    10       Ezekiel  Pattee 

1785  There  was  no  election  of  a  Eepresentative  to  the  General 
Court.  It  is  recorded  that  the  warrant  was  "not  returned 
seasonably." 

1786  May    8         Ezekiel  Pattee 

1787  May    7         Ezekiel  Pattee 

1788  May    5         It  was  voted  not  to  send  a  Representative  to  the 

General  Court. 

1789  May    4         Arthur  Lithgow 

1790  May    3         It  was  voted  not  to  send  a  Representative  to  the 

General  Court. 

1791  May    2         Whole  number  of  votes,  34 

George  Warren,  33 

Zimri  Heywood,  1 

1792  May    7         George  Warren 

241 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 


1793 

May 

6 

Benjamin  Runnels 

1794 

May 

12 

Josiah  Hayden 

1795 

May 

6 

Arthur  Lithgow 

1796 

May 

5 

Obadiah  Williams 

1797 

May 

10 

Voted   not    to    send    a 
General  Court. 

Representative   to    the 

1798 

May 

10 

Voted   not   to    send   a 
General  Court. 

Representative    to    the 

1799 

May 

6 

Elnathan  Sherwin 

1800 

May 

5 

Elnathan  Sherwin 

1801 

May 

7 

Elnathan  Sherwin 

1802 

May 

10 

Elnathan  Sherwin 

1803 

A  warrant 

was  issued  for  a  meeting 

to  be  held  at  the  usual 

voting  place  on  Monday,  May  2,  1803,  for  the  "purpose  of 
choosing  one  Representative  to  represent  the  town  of  Wa- 
terville  at  the  General  Court  to  be  convened  and  held  at 
Boston  on  the  last  Wednesday  of  May,"  but  at  the  meeting 
it  was  voted  "to  dissolve  that  part  of  said  meeting  which 
was  for  the  choice  of  a  Representative  to  the  General   Court." 

1804  May    11       Whole  number  of  votes,  49 

Elnathan  Sherwin,  41 

James  Stackpole,  5 

James  Crommett,  3 

1805  May    6         Whole  number  of  votes,  57 

Elnathan   Sherwin,  47 

Asa  Redington,  4 

Herman  Gibbs,  3 

Moses  Appleton,  1 

Reuben  Kidder,  1 

William  Phillips,  1 

1806  May    5         Whole  number  of  votes,  32 

Elnathan  Sherwin,  30 

James  Stackpole,  Jr.,  2 

242 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 

1807  May    4         Whole  number  of  votes,  53 

Elnathan  Sherwin,  52 

James  Hasty,             i  ■  1 

1808  May    2         Whole  number  of  votes,  .42 

Elnathan .  Sherwin,  42 

1809  May    1         Whole  number  of  votes,  101 

Elnathan.  Sherwin,  69 

Jed  Thayer,                                  ,  32 

I         ■:■■■  ,     1        '/J; 

1810  May    7         Whole  number  of  votes,  83 

Eleazer  W.  Eipley,  48 

Elnathan  Sherwin,  18 

(                      .          James  Staekpole,  Jr.,  12 

Isaac   Stevens,  2 

James  Hasty,  1 

Asa   Eedington,  1 

Timothy  Boutelle,  1 

1811  May    13       Whole  number  of  votes,  103 

Eleazer  W.  Eipley,  73 

James  Staekpole,  13 

Asa  Soule,  8 

Elnathan  Sherwin,  4 

Isaac  Stevens,  3 

Asa  Eedington,  1 

Potter  Fish,  1 

1812  May   4         Whole  number  of  votes,  89 

Elnathan  Sherwin,  58 

Timothy  Boutelle,  16 

Micah  Ellis,  11 

Daniel  Cook,  2 

Asa  Eedington,  1 

James  Hasty,  1 

1813  May    10       Whole  number  of  votes,  98 

Elnathan  Sherwin,  70 

243 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

Daniel  Wells,  26 

Timothy  Boutelle,  1 

Samuel  Downing,  1 

1814  May    2         Whole  number  of  votes,  48 

Elnathan  Sherwin,  48 

1815  May    1         Whole  number  of  votes,  69 

Elnathan   Sherwin,  69 

1816  May    13       Whole  number  of  votes,  84 

Daniel  Cook,  51 

Baxter  Crowell,  28 

Ephraim  Getchell,  2 

James  Hasty,  2 

Asa  Redington,  1 

1817  May     1         Whole  number  of  votes,  117 

Daniel  Cook,  79 

Baxter  Crowell,  36 

Moses  Dalton,  2 

1818  Voted  not  to  choose  a  Representative  to  the  General  Court. 

1819  May    3         Voted  to  elect  two  Representatives.  Whole  num- 

ber of  votes  116,  necessary  for  a  choice  59.  Eb- 
enezer  Bacon  had  95  and  was  declared  elected. 
Whole  number  of  votes  108,  necessary  for  a 
choice  55.  Abijah  Smith  had  64  and  was  de- 
clared elected. 

REPRESENTATIVE  TO  THE  LEGISLATURE 


State  of  Maine 
1820-1906 


1820     April  3         Whole  number  of  votes,  184 

Baxter  Crowell,  104 

Daniel  Cook,  79 

Ebenezer  Bacon,  1 

244 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 

1821  Sept.  10       Whole  number  of  votes,  153 

Baxter  Crowell,  81 

Abijah  Smith,  66 

Scattering,  6 

1822  Sept.  9         Whole  number  of  votes,  129 

Baxter  Crowell,  65 

Daniel  Cook,  59 

Scattering,  5 

1823  Sept.  8         Whole  number  of  votes,  109 

Baxter  Crowell,  77 

Edward  Esty,  Jr.,  18 

Ebenezer  Bacon,  10 

Scattering,  4 

1824  Sept.  13       Whole  number  of  votes,  120 

Timothy  Boutelle,  65 

Abijah  Smith,  30 

Baxter  Crowell,  12 

Asa  Eedington,  Jr.,  12 

Daniel  Cook,  1 

1825  Sept.  12       Whole  number  of  votes,  58 

Timothy  Boutelle,  54 

Scattering,  4 

1826  Sept.  11       Whole  number  of  votes,  221 

Sylvanus   Cobb,  126 

Timothy  Boutelle,  87 

Peleg  Sprague,  3 

Scattering,  5 

1827  Sept.  10       Whole  number  of  votes,  150 

Sylvanus  Cobb,  91 

Timothy  Boutelle,  54 

Scattering,  5 

245 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

1828  Sept.  8        Whole  number  of  votes,  178 

Timothy  Boutelle,  129 

Perley  Low,  19 

Nathaniel  Gilman,  16 

Scattering,  14 

1829  Sept.  14      Whole  number  of  votes,  303 

Timothy  Boutelle,  174 

Ebenezer  Bacon,  120 

Scattering,  9 

1830  Sept.  13       Whole  number  of  votes,  329 

Timothy  Boutelle,  186 

Ebenezer  Bacon,  137 

Scattering,  6 

1831  Sept.  12       Whole  number  of  votes,  320 

Baxter  Crowell,  170 

Ebenezer  Bacon,  142 

Jediah  Morrill,  8 

1832  Sept.  10       Whole  number  of  votes,  417 

Jediah  Morrill,  226 

David  Combs,  191 

1833  Sept.  9         Whole  number  of  votes,  357 

Jediah  Morrill,  188 

David  Combs,  97 

Eben  F.  Bacon,  66 

Scattering,  6 

1834  Sept.  8         Whole  number  of  votes,  483 

Timothy  Boutelle,  254 

Eben  F.  Bacon,  225 

Scattering,  4 

1835  Sept.  14      Whole  number  of  votes,  360 

Hiram  C.  Warren,  169 

David  Combs,  181 

246 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 

Benjamin  Clement,  9 

Eben  F.  Bacon,                       ■  1 

1836  Sept.  12       Whole  number  of  votes,  451 

Nehemiah  Getchell,  224 

David  Combs,  192 

James  Stackpole,  Jr.,  21 

Scattering,  14 

1837  Sept.  11       Whole  number  of  votes,  520 

Calvin  Gardner,  262 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  236 

David  Combs,  7 

William  Hume,  6 

Scattering,  9 

1838  Sept.  10       Whole  number  of  votes,  593 

John  E.  Philbrick,  294 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  294 

Scattering,  5 
No  choice.  An  election  was  ordered  for  Sept. 
17,  with  the  following  result: 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  296 

John  E.  Philbrick,  284 

Jonathan  Combs,  Jr.,  1 

1839  Sept.  9         Whole  number  of  votes,  582 

Erastus  0.  Wheeler,  298 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  280 

Scattering,  4 

1840  Sept.  14       Whole  number  of  votes,  574 

Joseph  Hitchins,  304 

Silas  Eedington,  255 

Samuel  Appleton,  15 

1841  Sept.  13       Whole  number  of  votes,  561 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  260 

247 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

Theodore  0.  Saunders,  255 

Enoch  Morrill,  31 

Isaac  Eedington,  8 

Scattering,  7 
No  choice. 

Sept.  20       Whole  number  of  votes,  563 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  273 

Moses  Hanscom,  272 

Enoch  Morrill,  15 

Scattering,  3 
No  choice. 

Sept.  27       Whole  number  of  votes,  581 

Moses  Hanscom,  280 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  278 

Scattering,  3 
No  choice. 

Oct.     4         Whole  number  of  votes,  571 

Moses  Hanscom,  295 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  275 

Enoch  Morrill,  1 

1842     Sept.  12       Whole  number  of  votes,  578 

Moses  Hanscom,  286 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  261 

Isaac  Eedington,  17 

Scattering,  14 
No  choice. 

Oct.    3         Whole  number  of  votes,  247 

Moses  Hanscom,  273 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  251 

Isaac  Eedington,  8 

Scattering,  15 
No  choice. 

248 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 

Oct.    24       Whole  number  of  votes,  50G 

Moses  Hanscom,  240 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  230 

Isaac  Redington,  12 

William  Dorr,  9 

Scattering,  15 
No  choice. 

Nov.    14       Whole  number  of  votes,  513 

William  Dorr,  241 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  233 

Moses  Hanscom,  29 

Scattering,  10 
No  choice. 

Dec.     5         Whole  number  of  votes,  502 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  236 

William  Dorr,  232 

Moses  Hanscom,  23 

Scattering,  11 
No  choice. 

Dec.     26       Whole  number  of  votes,  536 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  250 

William  Dorr,  246 

Moses  Hanscom,  30 

Scattering,  10 
No  choice. 

1843     Jan.     16       Whole  number  of  votes,  517 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  234 
William  Dorr,                                          *        231 

Moses  Hanscom,  29 

Scattering,  23 
No  choice. 

Feb.     6         WTiole  number  of  votes,  367 

William  Dorr,  169 

249 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  165 

Moses  Hanscom,  14 

Scattering,  19 
No  choice. 

Feb.    27       Whole  number  of  votes,  450 

Timothy  Boutelle,  233 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  184 

Moses  Hanscom,  20 

William  Dorr,  5 

Scattering,  8 

1843     Mar.    20       Whole  number  of  votes,  401 

Timothy  Boutelle,  185 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  161 

Moses  Hanscom,  16 

James  Stackpole,  Jr.,  9 

Josiah  Crosby,  7 

Scattering,  23 
No  choice. 

April  10       Whole  number  of  votes,  241 

William  Dorr,  126 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  106 

Moses  Hanscom,  7 

Scattering,  2 

1843     Sept.  11       Whole  number  of  votes,  521 

Jonathan  Combs,  Jr.,  239 

George  W.  Pressey,  236 

Moses  Stacy,  39 

Scattering,  7 
No  choice. 

Sept.  18       Whole  number  of  votes,  428 

Eliphaz  Fay,  233 

Jonathan  Combs,  Jr.,  182 

Moses  Stacy,  10 

250 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 

Scattering,  3 
About  Jan.  1,  1844,  Mr.  Eliphaz  Fay  resigned 
as  Eepresentative  to  the  Legislature.  An  elec- 
tion was  ordered  for  Jan.  22,  1844,  with  the 
following  result: 

Jan.    22       Whole  number  of  votes,  358 

Jonathan  Combs,  Jr.,  159 

Eussell  Ellis,  151 

Moses  Stacy,  26 

Hall  Chase,  10 

Scattering,  12 
No  choice. 

Jan.     29       Whole  number  of  votes,  355 

William  Dorr,  175 

Jonathan  Combs,  Jr.,  157 

Scattering,  23 

1844     Sept.  9         Whole  number  of  votes,  611 

Samuel  Appleton,  286 

Eldridge  L.  Getchell,  263 

Moses  Hanscom,  52 

William  Dorr,  8 

Scattering,  2 
No  choice. 

Sept.  16      Whole  number  of  votes,  477 

Jediah  Morrill,  227 

Eldridge  L.  Getchell,  216 

Moses  Hanscom,  31 

Scattering,  3 
No  choice. 

Sept.  23       Whole  number  of  votes,  434 

Jediah  Morrill,  220 

Eldridge  L.  Getchell,  193 

251 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

Moses  Hanscom,  17 

Scattering,  4 

1845  Jan.    20       Whole  number  of  votes,  376 

William  Dorr,  173 

Josiah  Crosby,  164 

Eldridge  L.  Getchell,  10 

Scattering,  29 
No  choice. 

Jan.    27       Whole  number  of  votes,  372 

William  Dorr,  187 

Josiah  Crosby,  162 

Eldridge  L.  Getchell,  11 

Scattering,  12 

1815     Sept.  9         Whole  number  of  votes,  452 

Stephen  Stark,  187 

Frederick  P.  Haviland,  165 

Thomas  Baker,  87 

Scattering,  13 
No  choice. 

Sept.  15       Whole  number  of  votes,  270 

Frederick  P.  Haviland,  157 

Stephen  Stark,  54 

Thomas  Baker,  55 

Theodore  0.  Saunders,  4 

1846  Sept.  14      Whole  number  of  votes,  418 

Stephen  Stark,  230 

Jonathan  Combs,  Jr.,  108 

Samuel   Scammon,  55 

Samuel  Appleton,  9 

Scattering,  16 

1847  Sept.  13       Whole  number  of  votes,  340 

Stephen  Stark,  112 

252 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 

Perley  Low,  87 

Joseph  Hasty,  69 

Harrison  A.  Smith,  59 

Oliver  Paine,  7 

Scattering,  6 
No  choice. 

Sept.  20       Whole  number  of  votes,  236 

Samuel  Appleton,  95 

Joseph  Hasty,  44 

Perley  Low,  40 

Stephen  Stark,  25 

Silas  Redington,  17 

Harrison  A.  Smith,  11 

Scattering,  4 
No  choice. 

Sept.  27       Whole  number  of  votes,  281 

Stephen  Stark,  167 

Samuel  Appleton,  55 

David  Combs,  55 

Scattering,  4 

1848  Sept.  11       Whole  number  of  votes,  490 

Thomas  Baker,  203 

Calvin  Gardner,  200 

P.  L.  Chandler,  84 

Scattering,  3 

1849  Sept.  10       Whole  number  of  votes,  411 

Joseph  Percival,  179 

Alpheus  Lyon,  163 

William  Lewis,  67 

Calvin   Gardner,  2 

1850  Sept.  9         Whole  number  of  votes,  442 

Joseph  Percival,  250 

James  Eice,  142 

253 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

George  W.  Pressey,  42 

Scattering,  8 

1852  Sept.  13      Whole  number  of  votes,  570 

Joshua  Nye,  Jr.,  304 

Samuel  S.  Parker,  229 

Harrison  Barrett,  37 

1853  Sept.  12       Whole  number  of  votes,  516 

Joab  Harriman,  217 

John  Benson,  165 

Moses  Hanscom,  130 

Scattering,  4 

1854  Sept.  11      Whole  number  of  votes,  587 

Moses  Hanscom,  371 

Wyman  B.  S.  Moor,  214 

Scattering,  2 

1855  Sept.  10      Whole  number  of  votes,  703 

Jones  K.  Elden,  442 

Samuel  Appleton,  260 

Cyrus  Wheeler,        .  1 

IV/        .N    .lqo8 

1856  Sept.  8        Whole  number  of  votes,  716 

Josiah  H.  Drummond,  531 

Charles  Low,  178 

Scattering,  7 

1857  Sept.  14      Whole  number  of  votes,  (l!     j(,,,;>,      523 

Josiah  H.  Drummond,  ^                            341 

Frederick  P.  Haviland,  170 

Dennis  L.  Miliken,  7 

Arthur  Deering,  ,     . .   n\-,\{.  )  5 

1858  Sept.  13       Whole  number  of  votes,  595 

James  Stackpole,        AqsaoT,  311 

Frederick  P.  Haviland,  ll;l-                          273 

254 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 

Arthur  Deering,  7 

Scattering,  4 

1859  Sept.  12       Whole  number  of  votes,  579 

Benjamin  C.  Benson,  354 

John  M.  Libby,  220 

Scattering,  5 

1860  Sept.  10       Whole  number  of  votes,  786 

Joseph  Percival,  517 

Frederick  P.  Haviland,  263 

Scattering,  6 

1861  Sept.  9         Whole  number  of  votes,  446 

Dennis  L.  Miliken,  426 

Thomas  W.  Herrick,  10 

Scattering,  10 

1862  Sept.  8         Whole  number  of  votes,  524 

John  M.  Libby,  364 

Charles  M.  Morse,  160 

1863  Sept.  14       Whole  number  of  votes,  740 

W.  A.  P.  Dillingham,  550 

George  E.  Shores,  190 

1864  Sept.  12      Whole  number  of  votes,  685 

W.  A.  P.  Dillingham,  356 

Eeuben  Foster,  258 

Franklin  Smith,  69 

Scattering,  2 

1865  Sept.  11       Whole  number  of  votes,  481 

Eeuben  Foster,  312 

Samuel  Blaisdell,  98 

Ira  E.  Doolittle,  66 

Scattering,  5 

1866  Sept.  10       Whole  number  of  votes,  797 

Eeuben  Foster,  359 

255 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

Abner  R.  Small,  275 

John  W.  Hubbard,  163 

1867  Sept.  9         Whole  number  of  votes,  690 

Edwin  P.  Blaisdell,  311 

George  A.  Phillips,  250 

William  McCartney,  99 

1868  Sept.  14       Whole  number  of  votes,  898 

Edwin  P.  Blaisdell,  611 

George  E.  Shores,  283 

Scattering,  2 

1869  Sept.  13       Whole  number  of  votes,  582 

Reuben  Foster,  375 

Winthrop  Morrill,  204 

Scattering,  3 

1870  Sept.  12       Whole  number  of  votes,  785 

Solyman  Heath,  443 

Frederick  P.  Haviland,  341 

John  Ayer,  1 

1871  Sept.  11       Whole  number  of  votes,  742 

Edmund  F.  Webb,  385 

Solyman  Heath,  357 

1872  Sept.  11     Whole  number  of  votes,  950 

Edmund  F.  Webb,  599 

Benjamin  F.  Folger,  351 

1873  Sept.  9         Whole  number  of  votes,  282 

Greenlief  T.  Stevens,  185 

William  McCartney,  97 

1874  Sept.  14       Whole  number  of  votes,  378 

Greenlief  T.  Stevens,  231 

William  McCartney,  147 

256 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 

1875  Sept.  13       Whole  number  of  votes,  593 

Nathaniel  Meader,  362 

Frederick  P.  Haviland,  231 

1876  Sept.  11      Whole  number  of  votes,  880 

Nathaniel  Meader,  486 

George  A.  Alden,  394 

1877  Sept.  10       Whole  number  of  votes,  667 

Franklin  Smith,  423 

E.  Wesley  Dunn,  241 

Scattering,  3 

1878  Sept.  9         Whole   number  of   votes,  694 

George  W.  Goulding,  385 

Franklin  Smith,  308 

John  Ware,  1 

1879  Sept.  8         Whole  number  of  votes,  826 

George  W.  Goulding,  499 

William  H.  McCartney,  195 

Andrew  J.  Libby,  132 

1880  Sept.  13       Whole  number  of  votes,  885 

Francis  E.  Heath,  564 

Eri  Drew,  321 

1882     Sept.  11       Whole  number  of  votes,  1013 

Nathaniel  Meader,  594 

George  A.  Alden,  419 

1884     Sept.  8         Whole  number  of  votes,  1133 

Frederick  C.  Thayer,  632 

George  A.  Alden,  501 

1886     Sept.  13       Whole  number  of  votes,  1101 

Perham  S.  Heald,  596 

Frank  W.  Haskell,  503 

Scattering,  2 

257 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 


1888 

Whole  number  of  votes, 

1431 

Perham  S.  Heald, 

719 

George  A.  Alden, 

702 

; 

Scattering, 

10 

* 

1890 

Frank  L. 

George  A. 

Thayer 

Phillips 

Ward  1    . . . . 

...     129 

77 

«     2    .... 

...     133 

50 

"      3    .... 

...       75 

77 

«     4    .... 

37 

139 

«      5    .... 

52 

145 

*      6    .... 

. . .     118 

65 

*      7 

115 

70 

659 

623 

1892 

Simon  S. 

Charles  E. 

William  P. 

Brown 

Matthews 

Putnam 

Ward  1    . . . , 

, 164 

85 

5 

"      2    .... 

147 

56 

4 

"      3    .... 

114 

86 

2 

"     4    .... 

53 

157 

1 

*      5    .... 

70 

148 

12 

«      6    .... 

169 

70 

1 

«     7 

133 

69 

2 

850 

671 

27 

1894 

William  T. 

Simon  S. 

Charles  F. 

Haines 

Brown 

Longman 

Ward  1    

119 

111 
101 

6 

"      2    .... 

75 

258 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 


106 

73 

1 

173 

38 

1 

172 

59 

4 

121 

132 

7 

87 

115 

4 

853 


629 


23 


1896 

Warren  C. 
Philbrook 

Ward  1    125 

"      2    Ill 

"      3    163 

"     4    156 

•      5    159 

"      6    144 

"      7    61 


Fred 
Pooler 

64 

98 

36 

48 

53 

41 
173 


919 


513 


1898 

Warren  C.  Cyrus  W. 

Philbrook  Davis 

Ward  1    102  75 

"      2    107  90 

"      3    115  48 

"      4    108  52 

"      5    108  60 

"      6    79  71 

"      7    72  123 


691 


519 


259 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 


Ward  1      

1900 

Harvey  D. 
Eaton 
121 

Cyrus  W. 
Davis 
121 
132 
92 
110 
121 

185 

761 

Cyrus 
Davis 

1 

H.  D. 

Eaton 

"      2         

134 

"      3 

140 

«      4          

141 

«      5        

157 

«      6         

108 

"      7      

69 

Ward  1 

762 

C.  W. 
Davis 
1 

108 

C. 

Davis 

"      2         

"      3    

"      4           

1 

1 

"      5      

"      6 

108 

"      7          

110 


Special  Election 

1901,  Feb.  11 

Cyrus  W. 
Davis 

Ward  1    129 

«      2    112 

«      3    [\ 115 

260 


Harvey  D. 

Eaton 

119 

110 

119 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 


4     130 

5 123 

6    105 

7    175 


889 


112 

139 

107 

70 

776 


Cyrus  W. 
Davis 
Ward  1    160 


.130 
92 
130 
109 
118 
222 


961 
Scattering,  6  in  Ward  1. 


1902 

Fred 

Pooler 

142 

127 

73 
117 

88 
106 
226 


879 


Dana  P. 

Foster 

116 

89 

123 

123 

133 

94 

50 

728 


Archilles 
Joly 

99 

97 
116 
110 
115 

94 

46 

677 


1904 

Charles  F.  William  J.  William  T.  Arthur 

Johnson  Lannigan  Haines  Daviau 

Ward  1  155  153  153  155 

"   2  151  136  130  145 

"3  99  194  190        91 

"  4  147  178  176  141 

9      5  136  203  193  122 

■   6  181  123  123  180 

"      7  216  94  98  220 


1085 


1081 
261 


1063 


1054 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 


1906 


Fred 

Charles  F. 

John  E. 

Harold  E 

Pooler 

Johnson 

Nelson 

Cook 

Ward  1    ... 

. . . .     172 

178 

129 

123 

"     2    ... 

. . . .     163 

164 

93 

90 

"     3    ... 

. . . .     108 

110 

152 

151 

"     4    ... 

. . . .     173 

179 

133 

129 

"      5    ... 

. . . .     154 

158 

172 

168 

"      6    ... 

....     200 

200 

70 

70 

"      7    .  .  . 

237 

239 

47 

46 

1207 

1228 
1908 

796 

777 

William  R. 

John  L. 

John  E. 

A. 

Pattangall 

Fortier 

Nelson 

Joly 

Dem. 

Dem. 

Rep. 

Rep. 

Ward  1    ... 

....     183 

165 

151 

131 

"      2    ... 

156 

140 

119 

103 

"      3    ... 

. . . .     105 

92 

165 

154 

«      4    ... 

. . . .     158 

149 

156 

128 

"      5    ... 

196 

170 

180 

144 

"      6    ... 

182 

185 

92 

80 

IC          n 

201 

202 

99 

98 

1181  1103  962  838 

VOTE  FOR  MAYOR  AFTER  THE  FORMATION  OF  THE  WARDS 

1889,  March  4 


Ward  1 
"      2 


Nathaniel 
Meader 
Rep. 
..       88 
. .       65 


Charles  F. 

Johnson 

Dem. 

121 

115 


262 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 


744 

1890,  March  3 

Nathaniel 
Meader 
Rep. 

Ward  1    116 

"      2    72 

"      3    136 

*      4    155 

"      5 159 

'      6    8'J 

"      7    95 


91 

111 

157 

43 

168 

68 

84 

123 

91 

116 

822 

1891 

Edgar  L. 
Jones 
Dem. 

Ward  1    154 

"      2    131 

*  3    109 

*  4 44 

*  5    71 

"      6    135 

"      7    127 


697 

Charles  P 

Johnson 

Dem 

130 

120 

151 

40 

53 

137 

127 


758 


Moses  C. 

Foster 

Rep. 

100 

48 

90 
159 
150 

69 

66 


771 


682 


263 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

1893 

Charles  F.  Edmund  F. 

Johnson  Webb 

Dem.  Rep. 

Ward  1    148  110 

"      2    130  63 

"      3 102  79 

"     4    49  151 

"      5    76  145 

"      6    148  76 

"      7    Ill  63 


764 


687 


1894 


Ward  1    

Christian 
Knaufif 
Rep. 
99 
94 
103 
170 
.  .     178 
130 
.  .     Ill 

885 

Christian 
Knauff 

Rep. 

147 
63 

137 

Chas.  H. 
Redington 
Dem. 
112 

"      2    

89 

«     3    

95 

"     4    

31 

«      5    

48 

«     6    

120 

«      7    

90 

Ward  1    

1895,  March  4 

585 

Charles  A. 
Hill 
Dem. 
144 

"     2    

«     3    

107 

60 

264 

ELECTION  STATISTICS 


4  162 

5  167 

6  115 

7  95 


886 


40 

55 

151 

120 

678 


1896,  March  3 


Edmund  F.     Wallace  B. 


Ward  1  

Webb 
Rep. 
Ill 

Smith 

Dem. 

68 

"  2    

91 

114 

"   3  

154 

55 

"  4  

144 

59 

"   5  

155 

52 

"   6  

130 

72 

"   7  

64 

163 

849 


583 


1897,  March  1 

Chas.  H.  Frank  J. 

Redington  Goodridge 

Dem.  Rep. 

Ward  1    87  72 

•      2    135  71 

"     3    103  78 

"      4    96  95 

"     5    105  77 

"     6    99  78 

"     7    127  88 


752 


559 


265 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERV1LLE 


1898,  March  7 

Carroll  W. 

Frank  L. 

Abbott 

Thayer 

Scattering 

Kep. 

Dem. 

arc 

I  1     

122 

63 

14 

u 

2    

120 

115 

« 

3    

130 

52 

6 

a 

4    

140 

68 

5 

it 

5    

149 

66 

2 

tt 

6    

114 

61 

2 

tt 

7    

139 

59 

4 

914       484 
1899,  March  6 


33 


Warren  C. 

Frank  L 

Philbrook 

Thayer 

Rep. 

Dem. 

Ward  1 

98 

104 

"      2    

132 

115 

"      3    

126 

70 

"      4    . . 

101 

76 

-      5    

117 

103 

"      6    

101 

86 

u      7 

64 

153 

739 

707 

1900,  March  5 

Warren  C. 

Frank  L. 

Philbrook 

Thayer 

Rep. 

Dem. 

Ward  1 

112 

101 

"      2 

122 

140 

266 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 


3  ..'  131 

4 129 

5 152 

6  117 

7  53 


1500 
1902,  March  3 

Martin       Walter  E. 

Blaisdell  Keid 

Eep.  Dem. 

Ward  1 103  105 

"      2    103  98 

"      3    141  41 

"      4    123  68 

"      5    112  64 

"      6    88  81 

"      7    . . 85  150 


68 

90 

89 

110 

184 


816 

782 

1901, 

March  4 

Martin 
Blaisdell 
Cit. 

Scatte 

arr 

11      

212 
255 
175 
205 
214 
206 
233 

2 

« 

2    

3 

a 

3    

tt 

4    

1 

« 

5    

1 

tt 

6    

(( 

7    

2 

Wilbur  F. 

Berry 

Tem. 

43 

49 

52 

.49 

95 

47 

33 


755 
267 


607 


368 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OP  WATERVILLE 


Ward  1    

1903,  March  2 

Cyrus  W. 
Davis 

Dem. 
,  ,     170 
.  .     144 
. .       80 
.  .     133 

109 

153 

238 

1027 

Cyrus  W. 

Davis 

Dem. 

. .     159 

.  .     142 

78 

.     145 

109 

.  .     177 

.     182 

Martin 

Blaisdell 

Rep. 

125 

"     2    

87 

"     3 

172 

"     4    , 

137 

"     5    

161 

"     6    

108 

"     7    , 

49 

Ward  1    

1904,  March  7 

839 

Horace 

Purinton 

Rep. 

154 

"     2    

125 

"     3    

162 

"     4    

156 

•      5 

185 

«     6    

96 

"      7    

88 

992 


966 


1905,  March  6 

Horace  Edgar  L. 

Purinton  Jones 

Rep.  Dem. 

Ward  1 154  174 

"     2. 149  147 

"     3    98  92 

268 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 


4  171 

5  181 

6  131 

7  89 


157 
129 
159 
205 


1073 

1063 

1906,  March  5 

Edgar  L. 

Horace 

Jones 

Purinton 

Dem. 

Rep. 

Ward  1    

170 

156 

"     2    

172 

102 

"     3    

113 

161 

"     4    

190 

116 

"     5    

169 

146 

"      6    

202 

88 

"     7    

237 

51 

1253 

820 

1907,  March  4 

Luther  Gr. 

Chas.  H. 

Bunker 

Barton 

Rep. 

Dem. 

Ward  1    

153 

173 

"     2    

145 

134 

"      3    

196 

78 

"      4    

167 

168 

"      5    

234 

110 

"      6    

110 

183 

"      7    

83 

207 

1088 


1053 


269 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 


Ward  1    

1908, 

March  2 

Luther  G. 
Bunker 
Eep. 

..     177 

Chas.  H 
Barton 
Dem. 
160 

"     2    

..     150 

136 

"     3    

.  .     196 

72 

«     4    

..     185 

119 

«      5    

.  .     244 

107 

"     6    

..     147 

161 

«     7    

..     109 

194 

1208 

VOTE  FOR  ALDERMEN 
Ward  One 

949 

1889  Simon  S.  Brown,  Dem.,  116 
Fred  D.  Lunt,  Eep.,  89 

1890  Simon  S.  Brown,  Dem.,  130 
William  T.  Haines,  Eep.,  116 

1891  Simon  S.  Brown,  Dem.,  146 
Fred  D.  Lunt,  Eep.,  103 

1893  Albert  B.  Spencer,  Dem.,  141 
Frederick  S.  Clay,  Eep.,  106 

1894  George  M.  Lovering,  Dem.,  88 
Frederick  S.  Clay,  Eep.,  80 
Albert  B.  Spencer,  Ind.,  58 

1895  Edward  C.  Lasselle,  Dem.,  149 
Levi  Bushey,  Eep.,  142 

1896  Fred  D.  Lunt,  Eep.,  112 
Eussell  Jones,  Dem.,  69 

1897  Fred  D.  Lunt,  Eep.,  80 
George  H.  Grondin,  Dem.,  76 

270 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 

1898  Mortimer  E.  Adams,  Rep.,  117 
George  W.  Fitzgerald,  Dem.,  85 

1899  James  Toomey,  Dem.,  103 
James  P.  Goddard,  Rep.,  101 

1900  Fred  D.  Lunt,  Rep.,  Ill 
James  Toomey,  Dem.,  107 

1901  Charles  H.  Barton,  Cit.,  119 
Fred  D.  Lunt,  Rep.,  96 

1902  Charles  H.  Barton,  Dem.,  123 
William  Vaughn,  Rep.,  123 

1903  Charles  H.  Barton,  Dem.,  170 
David  O.  Wade,  Rep.,  128 

1904  Charles  H.  Barton,  Dem.,  162 
James  P.   Goddard,  Rep.,  150 

1905  Charles  H.  Barton,  Dem.,  174 
Emery  W.  Cook,  Rep.,  156 

1906  Charles  H.  Barton,  Dem.,  167 
Emery  W.  Cook,  Rep.,  161 

1907  John  P.  Baxter,  Dem.,  171 
Charles  S.  Pratt,  Rep.,  156 

1908  Emery  W.  Cook,  Rep.,  181 
Charles  M.  Richardson,  Dem.,  159 

Ward  Two 

1889  George  A.  Alden,  Dem.,  117 
Dean  P.  Buck,  Rep.,  64 

1890  Richard  J.  Barry,  Dem.,  116 
Horace  A.  Toward,  Rep.,  73 

1891  Richard  J.  Barry,  Dem.,  127 
Edward  W.  Hall,  Rep.,  50 

1893  Fred  Burgess,  Dem.,  95 
Dean  P.  Buck,  Rep.,  48 
Richard  J.  Barry,  Ind.  Dem.,  43 

1894  Horace  A.  Toward,  Rep.,  95 

271 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 


1895 
1896 
1897 
1898 
1899 
1900 
1901 
1902 
1903 
1904 
1905 
1906 
1907 
1908 

1889 
1890 


Joseph  H.  Grondin,  Dem., 

88 

John  J.  Foley,  Dem., 

107 

Horace  A.  Toward,  Rep., 

64 

George  A.  Wilson,  Dem., 

114 

Horace  A.  Toward,  Rep., 

91 

George  A.  Wilson,  Dem., 

115 

Horace  A.  Toward,  Rep., 

91 

Frank  M.  Rand,  Rep., 

131 

George  A.  Wilson,  Dem., 

111 

Frank  B.  Lowe,  Rep., 

136 

George  A.  Wilson,  Dem., 

111 

Chester  F.  Rowe,  Dem., 

138 

Frank  B.  Lowe,  Rep., 

124 

Sherman  L.  Berry,  Cit., 

130 

Frank  B.  Lowe,  Rep., 

121 

Frank  M.  Rand,  Rep., 

138 

George  A.  Wilson,  Dem., 

102 

Owen  W.  Clement,  Dem., 

144 

Charles  D.  Sayward,  Rep., 

87 

Owen  W.   Clement,  Dem., 

139 

Frank  B.   Lowe,  Rep., 

128 

Ernest  L.  Gove,  Rep., 

147 

Edward  L.  Hall,  Dem., 

146 

Chester  F.  Rowe,  Dem., 

162 

Ernest  L.  Gove,  Rep., 

113 

Charles  D.  Sayward,  Rep., 

143 

Edward  L.  Hall,  Dem., 

135 

Charles  D.  Sayward,  Rep., 

150 

Chester  F.  Rowe,  Dem., 

137 

Ward  Three 

Charles  A.  Hill,  Dem., 

108 

Willard  B.  Arnold,  Rep., 

94 

Charles  A.  Hill,  Dem., 

147 

272 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 


Willard  B.  Arnold,  Rep., 

134 

1891 

Matthew  S.  Goodrich,  Dem., . 

106 

Luther  H.  Soper,  Rep., 

93 

1893 

Jesse  Stinson,  Dem., 

95 

Fred  A.  Wing,  Rep., 

81 

1894 

Stanford  H.  Chase,  Dem., 

100 

Fred  A.  Wing,  Rep., 

97 

1895 

Colby   Getchell,  Rep., 

138 

Edward  C.  Herrin,  Dem., 

59 

1896 

Colby  Getchell,  Rep., 

153 

Charles  Plummer,  Dem., 

55 

1897 

George  K.  Boutelle,  Rep., 

135 

Sanford  J.  Tupper,  Dem., 

59 

1898 

Charles  F.  Keith,  Rep., 

130 

Sanford  J.  Tupper,  Dem., 

58 

1899 

Charles  F.  Keith,  Rep., 

130 

Sanford  J.  Tupper,  Dem., 

65 

1900 

Charles  F.  Keith,  Rep., 

129 

Jules  Gam  ache,  Dem., 

68 

1901 

Everett  C.  Wardwell,  Cit., 

177 

1902 

Charles  F.   Keith,  Rep., 

161 

Jesse  Stinson,  Dem., 

48 

James  E.  Chalmers,  Pro., 

28 

1903 

Charles  F.  Keith,  Rep., 

173 

Charles  F.  Miller,  Dem., 

78 

1904 

Frank  W.  Alden,  Rep., 

165 

Charles  F.  Miller,  Dem., 

72 

1905 

Matthew  S.  Goodrich,  Rep., 

179 

Dennis  E.  Bowman,  Dem., 

112 

1906 

Fred  A.  Wing,  Rep., 

180 

Norman  K.  Fuller,  Dem., 

100 

1907 

Fred  A.  Wing,  Rep., 

190 

Charles  F.  Miller,  Dem., 

81 

1908 

Albert  F.  Drummond,  Rep., 

190 

Charles  F.  Miller,  Dem., 

76 

273 

MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OP  WATERVILLE 


Ward  Four 


1889 

Frederick  C.  Thayer,  Rep., 

159 

Frank  A.  Smith,  Dem., 

41 

1890 

Moses  C.  Foster,  Rep., 

156 

Eri  Drew,  Dem., 

40 

1891 

Everett  R.  Drummond,  Rep., 

161 

Eri  Drew,  Dem., 

42 

1893 

Everett  R.  Drummond,  Rep., 

147 

Eri  Drew,  Dem., 

44 

Blank, 

10 

1894 

Everett  R.  Drummond,  Rep., 

166 

Eri  Drew,  Dem., 

31 

1895 

Thomas  E.  Ransted,  Rep., 

157 

Eri  Drew,  Dem., 

39 

1896 

Thomas  E.  Ransted,  Rep., 

145 

Edward  C.  Herrin,  Dem., 

56 

1897 

Amos  E.  Purinton,  Rep., 

138 

Wallace  B.  Smith,  Dem., 

65 

1898 

Thomas  E.  Ransted,  Rep., 

146 

Edward  C.  Herrin,  Dem., 

68 

1899 

George  F.  Davies,  Rep., 

113 

William  D.  Haines,  Dem., 

67 

1900 

George  F.  Davies,  Rep., 

137 

William  D.  Haines,  Dem., 

83 

1901 

Horace  Perkins,  Cit., 

205 

1902 

Everett  C.  Wardwell,  Rep., 

147 

Charles  A.  Hill,  Dem., 

68 

1903 

Charles  C.  Follett,  Rep., 

141 

Charles  A.  Hill,  Dem., 

130 

1904 

Edgar  L.  Jones,  Dem., 

150 

Charles  Wentworth,  Rep., 

146 

1905 

George  F.  Davies,  Rep., 

179 

i 

Ora  A.  Meader,  Dem., 

148 

274 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 


1906 

Simon  S.  Brown,  Dem., 

178 

Josiah  C.  Fuller,  Rep., 

127 

1907 

Miller  Colby,  Dem., 

174 

Elwood  M.  Jepson,  Rep., 

162 

1908 

Frank  B.  Hubbard,  Rep., 

180 

Simon  S.  Brown,  Dem., 

125 

Ward  Five 

1889 

Charles  G.  Carlton,  Rep., 

168 

Edgar  L.  Jones,  Dem., 

67 

1890 

Charles  E.  Matthews,  Rep., 

160 

Frederick  P.  Haviland,  Dem., 

51 

1891 

George  A.  Phillips,  Rep., 

157 

Jacob  Peavy,  Dem., 

64 

1893 

Christian  Knauff,  Rep., 

148 

Jonas  P.  Gray,  Dem., 

72 

1894 

F.  Aug.  Knauff,  Rep., 

176 

Jonas  P.  Gray,  Dem., 

49 

1895 

Frank  W.  Noble,  Rep., 

170 

Jonas  P.  Gray,  Dem., 

52 

1896 

William  M.  Lincoln,  Rep., 

155 

Howard  C.  Morse,  Dem., 

52 

1897 

Evander  Gilpatrick,  Rep., 

146 

Warren  W.  Spaulding,  Dem., 

55 

1898 

Calvin  W.  Gilman,  Rep., 

144 

C.  Henri  Williams,  Dem., 

70 

1899 

Charles  F.  Johnson,  Dem., 

116 

Calvin  W.  Gilman,  Rep., 

107 

1900 

George  L.  Learned,  Rep., 

164 

Alonzo  B.  Morrill,  Dem., 

81 

1901 

Robert  L.  Proctor,  Cit., 

216 

1902 

George  L.  Learned,  Rep., 

179 

Charles  P.  Crommett,  Dem., 

69 

1903 

Robert  H.  Union,  Rep., 

167 

Howard  C.  Morse,  Dem., 

105 

275 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

1904  Robert  H.  Union,  Eep.,  202 
Charles  P.  Crommett,  Dem.,  98 

1905  Edmund  D.  Noyes,  Eep.,  190 
Alonzo  B.  Morrill,  Dem.,  120 

1906  Edmund  D.  Noyes,  Eep.,  168 
George  D.  Meservey,  Dem.,  141 

1907  Selden  E.  Whitcomb,  Eep.,  234 
George  D.  Meservey,  Dem.,  108 

1908  John  A.  Davison,  Eep.,  238 
Howard  A.  Morse,  Dem.,  112 

Ward  Six 

1889  Charles  H.  Eedington,  Dem.,  123 
G.  Albert  Phillips,  Eep.,  84 

1890  Charles  H.  Eedington,  Dem.,  137 
G.  Albert  Phillips,  Eep.,  89 

1891  Paul  Marshall,  Dem.,  142 
Thomas  J.  Emery,  Eep.,  59 

1893  Gedeon  Picher,  Dem.,  144 
Christopher  C.  Coro,  Eep.,  81 

1894  John   A.   Lang,   Eep.,  133 
Gedeon  Picher,  Dem.,  118 

1895  Abraham  Eeny,  Dem.,  151 
Charles  Eeny,  Eep.,  118 

1896  John  A.  Lang,  Eep.,  129 
Charles  P.  Crommett,  Dem.,  73 

1897  John  A.  Lang,  Eep.,  117 
Bert  G.  Jewett,  Dem.,  60 

1898  J.  Fred  Pollard,  Eep.,  110 
Cyrus  W.   Davis,  Dem.,  60 

1899  John  A.  Lang,  Eep.,  106 
Cyrus  W.  Davis,  Dem.,  83 

1900  Joel  L.  Foster,  Eep.,  119 

John  L.  Fortier,  Dem.,  108 

\ 

276 


ELECTION  STATISTICS 

1901  Joel  L.  Foster,  Eep.,  120 
Horatio  D.  Bates,  Cit.,  85 

1902  Joel  L.  Foster,  Eep.,  112 
W.  S.  B.  Eunnels,  Dem.,  88 
Horatio  D.  Bates,  Ind.,  17 

1903  Walter  E.  Eeid,  Dem.,  148 
Joel  L.  Foster,  Eep.,  113 

1904  Arthur  Daviau,  Dem.,  176 
Horatio  D.  Bates,  Eep.,  97 

1905  Arthur  Daviau,  Dem.,  153 
Luther  G.  Bunker,  Eep.,  136 

1906  Joseph  E.  Poulin,  Dem.,  196 
Victor  Bongoin,  Eep.,  96 

1907  Joseph  E.  Poulin,  Dem.,  185 
Charles  A.  Eedington,  Eep.,  108 

1908  John  L.  Fortier,  Dem.,  166 
James  M.  Greaney,  Eep.,  140 

Ward  Seven 

1889  Howard  C.  Morse,  Dem.,  117 
George  Balentine,  Eep.,  91 

1890  James  K.  Soule,  Dem.,  127 
Martin  Blaisdell,  Eep.,  94 

1891  James  K.  Soule,  Dem.,  126 
George  E.  Hallowell,  Eep.,  67 

1893  Angelos  W.  Merrill,  Dem.,  107 
Benjamin  G.  Mitchell,  Eep.,  59 

1894  Alexander  E.  Yates,  Eep.,  114 
John  H.  Matthews,  Dem.,  90 

1895  Luther  S.  Eackliff,  Dem.,  120 
Frank  E.  Paul,  Eep.,  95 

1896  Abraham  H.  Eeny,  Dem.,  167 
Christopher  C.  Coro,  Eep.,  60 

1897  James  C.  Eancourt,  Dem.,  115 

277 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 


Paul  W.  Perry,  Eep., 

100 

1898 

Gedeon  Picher,  Dem., 

143 

Harry  Dubor,  Eep., 

64 

1899 

Gedeon  Picher,  Dem., 

150 

Christopher  C.  Coro,  Eep., 

67 

1900 

Gedeon  Picher,  Dem,. 

183 

Paul  Marshall,  Eep., 

53 

1901 

Gedeon  Picher,  Dem., 

159 

Christopher  C.  Coro,  Eep., 

78 

1902 

Joseph  Boshan,  Jr.,  Dem., 

152 

Harry  Dubor,  Eep., 

100 

1903 

Fred  Pooler,  Dem., 

240 

William  G.  Oby,  Eep., 

47 

1904 

Joseph  Boshan,  Jr.,  Dem., 

178 

John  N.  Webber,  Eep., 

88 

1905 

Joseph  Boshan,  Jr.,  Dem., 

203 

Joseph  L.  Libby,  Eep., 

91 

1906 

Aime  Nedeau,  Dem., 

236 

Horace  Clukey,  Eep., 

55 

1907 

Harry  Belliveau,  Dem., 

204 

Joseph  L.  Libby,  Eep., 

85 

1908 

Augustus  Cary,  Dem., 

190 

Charles  E.   Eeny,  Eep., 

112 

278 


Index 


Page 

INTRODUCTORY  CHAPTER    7 

CHRONOLOGY    27 

Arnold's    Expedition     36 

Board  of  Trade    148 

Canada  Road    81 

Centennial  Celebration    171 

City  Building 161,  165,  169 

City  Charter 100,  128,  129,  132,  141 

Civil  War   105 

Civil  War,  Municipal  Expense 106,  107,  108,  109 

Colby  College 68,  71,  73,  74, -76,  111,  156,  166 

Committee  of  Safety    37 

Democratic  State  Conventions 163,  176 

County,   Kennebec    51,    77 

County,  Lincoln   47 

County,   Somerset    66 

County,   Ticonic    97,    99 

Dearborn,  Annexation  of 80,  91,  93 

Delegates  National  Conventions 126,  129,  139,  176,  184 

Early   Settlers    29 

East  Meeting  House    50 

Election,  First  City   141 

Election,  County,  1908    185 

Election,    First   Town,    Waterville    58 

Election,   First  Town,  Winslow    32 

Election,  No  City 152 

Election,  Ward   1,  Contested    156 

Embargo  Act    65 

Financial  Table    190 

Fort   Halifax    28 

Government,  Organization  City    144 

Governor,  Candidates  for  ...   113,  127,  151,  155,  176,  181,  184 

Governor,  Vote  for 114,  152,  155,  177,  182 

Hollingsworth,  Whitney  Co.    151 

Incorporation  Act,  City,  Passed  by  Legislature 128 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OP  WATERVILLE 

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Incorporation  Act,  Waterville    54 

Incorporation  Act,  Winslow    30 

Kennebec   Democrat    137 

Kennebec  Water  District    166 

Licenses,  Liquor 76,  77,  78,  85,  87,  92,  94 

Lockwood  Company 118,  121,  122,  124,  127,  178 

Maine,   State  of    76 

Mayor,    First    139 

Oakland 119,   128 

Officers,  County, 

Attorneys    66,   84,   123,   128 

Commissioners 77,  85,  93,  139,  148 

Judge  of  Probate 186 

Judge  of  Superior  Court 150 

Senators 67,  75,  84,  85,  91,  92,  94,  96,  97,  99,  102 

Senators 104,  107   117,  121,  129,  148,  161,  166 

Sheriffs 91,  92,  129,  132,  161,  166,  186 

Officers,  National, 

Congressman    75,   76 

Consul   General    103 

Electors,  Presidential    71,   112 

Postmasters 66,  78,   79,  82,  85,  87,  93 

Postmasters 105,  126,  132,  148,  154,  164,  180 

Senator,  United  States 9  6 

Officers,  State, 

Attorney  Generals 93,   164,  166 

Attorney  General,  Asst 179 

Commissioners   67,  81,  83,  122 

Council,  Governor's 84,  91,  100,  126,  169 

Insurance    Commissioner    118 

Justice   Supreme   Court    95 

Librarian    150 

President  Senate 118,   121 

Reporter  of  Decisions 98,   100 

Speaker  House  Representatives   ...   68,  102,  109,  115,  118 

Treasurer    86 

Paving    150 

Prohibitory  Laws   103,   112,   130 

Property  List    18  7 

Public  Library 162,  170,  178 

Railroads 95,  97,  101,  103,  133,  146,  154,  174 

Religion    35 


INDEX 

Page 

Rendition  of  Burns    100 

Resolutions  of  Sympathy    81 

School  Buildings    137,   164,   175,   180 

School   Districts    61 

Separation  of  Maine  from  Massachusetts, 

39,   41,  44,   45,   48,   65,   71,   72,  74,   76 

Sewers    127,    147 

Shirley,    Governor    28 

Soldiers'   Monument    112,   122 

Spanish   War    166 

Street  Lights 124,  132,  147,  150 

Surplus  Revenue  Money    8  7 

Taxation,  Exemption  from    103,  118,  121,  133,  178 

Temperance    85,  92,  95,  99,   112 

Ticonic  Bridge   •  • 76,  77,  78,  80,  85,  98,  101 

Ticonic  Bridge 108,  109,  113,  115,  128,  130 

Ticonic  Village  Corporation 86,  121,  125 

Town,  Division  of 45,  48,  52,  69,  72,  99,  119 

Ward  Lines,  Change  of    158 

Warrants,  Town  Meeting,  First 33,  56 

Water    128,   134,   138,   166 

LIST  OF  OFFICERS 191 

Agents,    Town     202 

Aldermen    204 

Assessors    223 

Board  of  Education 211 

Chief    Engineers    225 

Clerks,  City    222 

Clerks,    Town     195 

Constables    219 

Councilmen    207 

Deputy  Marshals    226 

Judges  Municipal  Court    226 

Governors     191 

Lieut.   Governors    193 

Marshals     225 

Mayors 203 

Moderators 193 

Physicians    224 

Selectmen    196 

Solicitors     224 

Street  Commissioners    223 


MUNICIPAL  HISTORY  OF  WATERVILLE 

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Superintendents  of  Burials 226 

Superintendents  of  Schools    224 

Treasurers,  City    222 

Treasurers,  Town    201 

Ward  Clerks    216 

Wardens    214 

ELECTION  STATISTICS 227 

Aldermen,  Vote  for   270 

Governor,  Vote  for   227 

Lieut.  Governor,  Vote  for 239 

Mayor,  Vote  for 262 

Rep.  to  General  Court,  Vote  for   241 

Rep.  to  Legislature,  Vote  for    244 


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